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Tetragramma variolare

Echinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae

Taxonomy
Cidarites variolare was named by Brongniart (1822). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Tetragramma.

It was recombined as Tetragramma variolare by Smith (1991), Néraudeau et al. (1995), Néraudeau and Courville (1997), Berndt (2003) and El Qot (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. brongniarti, T. dubium, T. raulini

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Cidarites variolare Brongniart pp. 84, 390 figs. pl. 5, fig. 9
1991Tetragramma variolare Smith p. 26 figs. Pl 4C,D
1995Tetragramma variolare Néraudeau et al. p. 407 fig. 3c
1997Tetragramma variolare Néraudeau and Courville p. 839 figs. 6.4, 6.5
2003Tetragramma variolare Berndt p. 80
2021Tetragramma variolare El Qot p. 11 figs. 6A1, A2, B, C1-C3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
familyPseudodiadematidae
genusTetragrammaAgassiz 1840
speciesvariolare(Brongniart 1822)

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.

†Tetragramma variolare Brongniart 1822
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Diet 2: deposit feederc
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 12:05:24
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 129.40000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (50 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Tetragramma variolare (2576)
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Egypt Tetragramma variolare (191704)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Egypt Tetragramma variolare (63980 114864)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Egypt Tetragramma variolare (150677)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Arab Emirates Tetragramma variolare (3792)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Jordan Tetragramma variolare (96246 96247 96249)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Charentes) Tetragramma variolare (64881)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Spain Tetragramma variolare (175374 175376)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Saudi Arabia Tetragramma variolare (195497 195501)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Albian99.6 - 99.6Spain Tetragramma variolare (3832)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Tetragramma variolare (59809 59810 59812 59813 59815 59816 59817 59818 85020)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Tetragramma variolare (114867 114872 114874 140613 220862)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Poitou-Charentes) Tetragramma variolare (73862)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom Tetragramma variolare (59682 59688 59707 59708 59709 59710 59711)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Brazil Tetragramma variolare (195519)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Tetragramma variolare (114798)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Nigeria Tetragramma variolare (4048 4055)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Tetragramma variolare (59799 59807 59811)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Tetragramma variolare (59803 59804 59805)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Tetragramma variolare (114885)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5United Kingdom Tetragramma variolare (59712)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Spain Tetragramma variolare (175375)