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Goniopygus menardi

Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae

Taxonomy
Echinus menardi was named by Desmarest in Defrance (1925). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Goniopygus menardi by Berndt (2003) and El Qot (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. hispaniae, G. peltatus, G. peroni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Echinus menardi Desmarest in Defrance p. 101 figs. pl. 37
2003Goniopygus menardi Berndt p. 81
2021Goniopygus menardi El Qot p. 9 figs. 5G, I

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
—Echinacea()
orderArbacioida()
familyArbaciidae()
genusGoniopygusAgassiz 1838
speciesmenardi(Desmarest in Defrance 1925)

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.

†Goniopygus menardi Desmarest in Defrance 1925
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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 mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2009-09-10 13:28:35
Modified: 2009-09-10 15:29:25
Source: f = family, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Smith 2009, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Middle Albian to the top of the Cenomanian or 109.00000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Egypt Goniopygus menardi (191703)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Jordan Goniopygus menardi (96246 96247)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Poitou-Charentes) Goniopygus menardi (73862 73863)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Goniopygus menardi (114867 114871)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Goniopygus menardi (59802 59809 59810 59813 59814 59815 59816 59817 59818)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Goniopygus menardi (114911)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Goniopygus menardi (150675)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Goniopygus menardi (114798 140242)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Goniopygus menardi (59806 59807)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Goniopygus menardi (59803 59804 59805)