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Perischoechinoidea

Echinoidea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Perischoechinida M'Coy
1957Perischoechinoidea Durham and Melville p. 249
1966Perischoechinoidea Durham et al. p. U297
2001Perischoechinoidea Boczarowski p. 87
2005Perischoechinoidea Schneider et al. p. 753
2009Perischoechinoidea Webster et al. p. 248
2018Perischoechinoidea Hagdorn p. 273

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassPerischoechinoidea()
subclassPerischoechinoidea()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subcl. †Perischoechinoidea M'Coy 1849
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Or. †Bothriocidaroida von Zittel 1879
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Fm. †Bothriocidaridae Kelm 1904
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G. †Bothriocidaris d'Eichwald 1859
G. †Unibothriocidaris Kier 1982
Or. †Echinocystitoida Jackson 1912
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Fm. †Echinocystitidae Gregory 1897
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G. †Praepholidocidaris Frest and Strimple 1977
Fm. †Lepidesthidae Jackson 1896
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†Lepidesthes devonicans Whidborne 1896
G. †Meekechinus Jackson 1912
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†Meekechinus elegans Jackson 1912
Invalid names: Echinocyctitidae Gregory 1897 [empty]
Superor. †Eognathostomata Smith 1984
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Or. †Palaechinoidea Haeckel 1866
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Fm. †Cravenechinidae Hawkins 1946
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G. †Cravenechinus Hawkins 1946
G. †Xenechinus Kier 1958
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†Xenechinus parvus Kier 1958
Fm. †Palaechinidae M'Coy 1849
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G. †Lovenechinus Jackson 1912
G. †Maccoya Pomel 1869
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†Melonechinus dispar Fischer de Waldheim 1848
G. †Wrightia
G. †Xysteria Pomel 1883
G. †Lanternarius Regnell 1956
Fm. †Lepidocentridae Lovén 1874
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G. †Albertechinus Stearn 1956
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†Albertechinus devonicus Boczarowski 2001
†Albertechinus montanus Stearn 1956
G. †Elliptechinus Schneider et al. 2005
G. †Eothuria
G. †Kongielechinus Jesionek-Szymanska 1979
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†Kongielechinus magnituberculatus Jesionek-Szymanska 1979
G. †Lepidechinoides Olsson 1912
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G. †Lepidechinus Hall 1861
G. †Lepidocentrus Müller 1857
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†Lepidocentrus eifelianus Müller 1857
†Lepidocentrus rhenanus Beyrich 1857
G. †Palaeodiscus Salter 1857
G. †Pholidechinus Jackson 1912
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-10-08 14:05:00
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:47:17
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Ordovician to the top of the Asselian or 470.00000 to 295.50000 Ma

Collections (89 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (Oklahoma) Unibothriocidaris bromidensis (201757)
Late/Upper Ordovician458.4 - 443.8Norway Neobothriocidaris pecularis (37808)
Idavere458.0 - 453.0Estonia (Ida-Viru) Bothriocidaris pahleni (193514)
Idavere458.0 - 453.0Estonia (Harju) Bothriocidaris sp. (197482)
Idavere - Johvi458.0 - 449.9Netherlands Bothriocidaris pahleni (192065)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Bothriocidaris solemi, Neobothriocidaris sp. (23431 23434)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) Bothriocidaris sp., Unibothriocidaris sp. (24103)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (illinois) Bothriocidaris solemi (195626)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Bothriocidaris solemi, Neobothriocidaris sp. (23400)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Neobothriocidaris templetoni (23470 23471)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Neobothriocidaris templetoni (23403)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois) Neobothriocidaris templetoni (195615)
Oandu453.0 - 451.8Estonia (Lääne-Viru) Neobothriocidaris sp. (197531 197532 197552)
Oandu453.0 - 451.8Estonia (Rookula) Bothriocidaris sp. (37810)
Johvi453.0 - 449.9Estonia (Harju) Bothriocidaris sp. (197483)
Nabala450.5 - 449.9Latvia (Daugavpils) Bothriocidaris parvus, Neobothriocidaris sp. (192988)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Bothriocidaris maquoketensis (23524)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Estonia Neobothriocidaris sp. (159346)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Illinois, Iowa) Bothriocidaris maquoketensis (23534)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Iowa) Bothriocidaris maquoketensis (13200)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Neobothriocidaris pecularis, Aulechinus grayae, Ectinechinus lamonti (73134)
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8USA (Illinois) Bothriocidaroida indet. (26692)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4United Kingdom Aptilechinus caledonensis (99373 224104)
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) Lanternarius latens (13719)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4United Kingdom Lepidocentrus sp. (99380)
Homerian - Gorstian430.5 - 425.6Sweden (Gotland) Gotlandechinus balticus (13720)
Leintwardine421.3 - 419.2United Kingdom Echinocystites pomum, Palaeodiscus ferox (95143)
Early/Lower Emsian409.1 - 402.5Germany Rhenechinus hopstaetteri (26904)
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Poland (Kielecki) Lepidechinoides sp., Meekechinus sp., Albertechinus devonicus (94468 94469)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7Poland (Swietokrzyskie) Kongielechinus magnituberculatus (94473 94475 94476 94506) Lepidechinoides sp., Albertechinus devonicus, Kongielechinus magnituberculatus, Lepidocentrus rhenanus (94477 94478 94479)
Early/Lower Givetian388.1 - 383.7Czech Republic (Moravia) Lepidocentrus sp. (5767)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Poland (Swietokrzyskie) Lepidechinoides sp., Albertechinus devonicus (94474 94480 94481 94482 94483 94484 94485)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany Lepidocentrus muelleri (144259 144264)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Poland Albertechinus devonicus (75494 83079) Lepidechinoides sp., Albertechinus devonicus (82904 82907)
Early/Lower Frasnian383.7 - 382.4Poland (Swietokrzyskie Voivodship) Lepidechinoides sp., Albertechinus devonicus (75516)
Early/Lower Frasnian - Middle Frasnian383.7 - 379.5Poland Lepidechinoides sp., Albertechinus devonicus (82612)
Middle Givetian - Late/Upper Givetian383.0 - 382.7Poland Albertechinus devonicus (99466)
Middle Givetian383.0 - 380.2Poland Lepidechinoides sp., Albertechinus devonicus (99433 99434)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2Poland Lepidechinoides sp., Albertechinus devonicus (82610)
Middle Frasnian382.4 - 379.5Poland (Swietokrzyskie Voivodship) Lepidechinoides sp., Albertechinus devonicus (99450)
Middle Frasnian382.4 - 379.5Poland Lepidechinoides sp., Albertechinus devonicus (99442 99443 99444)
Middle Frasnian - Late/Upper Frasnian382.4 - 376.1Poland Lepidechinoides sp., Albertechinus devonicus (99477)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Poland (Swietokrzyskie Voivodship) Lepidechinoides sp., Meekechinus sp., Albertechinus devonicus (99449)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Lepidocentrus sp. (75585)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Poland Albertechinus devonicus (83081 83086 99435 99464 99471) Lepidechinoides sp., Albertechinus devonicus (82667 82739 83084 99474)
Late/Upper Givetian - Early/Lower Frasnian380.2 - 382.4Poland Lepidechinoides sp., Albertechinus devonicus (99467)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Poland Lepidechinoides sp. (99430)
Famennian372.2 - 358.9United Kingdom (Devon) Lepidesthes devonicans (232976)
Holkerian346.7 - 340.0United Kingdom (England) Palaechinus sp. (41284)
Visean346.7 - 330.9Poland Lepidocentridae indet. (216786)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Indiana) Melonechinus sp. (6699)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Iowa) Praepholidocidaris pellaensis (120832)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Elliptechinus kiwiaster (66108)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5Greece Melonechinus dispar (120899)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Kansas) Meekechinus elegans (110407)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Texas) Xenechinus parvus (43472)