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Cassiduloida
Description | Cassiduloida is an order of sea urchins. The group was extremely diverse with many families and species during the Mesozoic, but today, only seven extant species remain. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassiduloida, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Cassiduloida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Cassiduloida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Cassiduloida | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 11 (13%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 145 - 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | slow-moving | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Echinoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | detritivore | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | high Mg calcite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | L. Agassiz and P. J. E. Desor. 1847. Catalogue raisonné des familles, des genres, et des espèces de la classe des échinodermes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie 7-8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassiduloida |
External Images
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Cassidulina suborder | listed (PBDB) | 156 | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Neolampadina suborder | listed (PBDB) | 63 | 59.2 Ma Paleocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Apatopygidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 55.8 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Archiaciidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 33 | 125 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Cassidulidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 156 | 130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
Clypeidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 114 | 174 Ma Middle Jurassic | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Clypeolampadidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Neolampadidae family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 63 | 59.2 Ma Paleocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Nucleolitidae ✝ family | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 362 | 174 Ma Middle Jurassic | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
Pliolampadidae family | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Anochanus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Astropygaulus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Bothryopneutes ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Calilampus ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Centropygus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Clarkiella ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Claviaster ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Clypeanthus ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Colliclypeus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Conoclypeus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
Eogaleropygus ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Gentilia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Gitolampas ✝ genus | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 11 | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 47.8 Ma Eocene | |
Hardouinia ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 98 | 145 Ma Late Jurassic | 59.2 Ma Paleocene | |
Heteronucleus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Kassandrina genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Laticlypus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Lovenilampas ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Ovulechinus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Platypygus ✝ genus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 55.8 Ma Eocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
Procassidulus genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 15 | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 28.4 Ma Oligocene | |
Pseudonucleus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Pygurostoma ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 72.1 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |
Rostropygus genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Stegopygus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Tropholampas genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1847 | Cassiduloida Agassiz and Desor |
1985 | Cassiduloida Larrain and Biró-Bagóczky p. 1410 |
1991 | Cassiduloida Smith p. 37 |
1993 | Cassiduloida Donovan p. 99 |
1995 | Cassiduloida Smith p. 189 |
2002 | Cassiduloida Sepkoski, Jr. |
2003 | Cassiduloida Berndt p. 87 |
2008 | Cassiduloida Manso and Andrade p. 322 |
2010 | Cassiduloida Kroh and Smith p. 171 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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