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Macropneustes

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Taxonomy
Macropneustes was named by Agassiz (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 342]. It is extant.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Kier (1984).

It was assigned to Spatangidae by Clark and Twitchell (1915), Grant and Hertlein (1938) and Cooke (1942); to Brissidae by Fischer (1966) and Henderson (1975); and to Spatangoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Macropneustes Agassiz
1915Macropneustes Clark and Twitchell p. 154
1938Macropneustes Grant and Hertlein p. 127
1942Macropneustes Cooke p. 50
1966Macropneustes Fischer p. U591
1975Macropneustes Henderson p. 47
2002Macropneustes Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderBrissidina
familyBrissidae
genusMacropneustesAgassiz 1847

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.

G. Macropneustes Agassiz 1847
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Subg. †Macropneustes (Deakia) Pavay 1875
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†Deakia armadilloensis Sanchez-Roig 1953
Subg. †Macropneustes (Macropneustes) Agassiz 1847
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†Macropneustes brodermani Sanchez Roig 1953
†Macropneustes gomezmazae Sanchez Roing 1953
†Macropneustes mortoni Conrad 1850
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: shallow infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:18:10
Modified: 2009-10-08 16:32:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Pliocene or 41.30000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 39.1 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene - Oligocene47.8 - 23.03Cuba Metalia palmeri (155873)
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand M. sp. (155837)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) M. minor (3494)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Alabama) M. mortoni (3549 3550 3551 86949)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Cuba Deakia armadilloensis (155853)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Florida) M. sp. (34992)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4USA (Georgia) M. mortoni (203465)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Aruba M. ventricosus (209166 209169)
Late/Upper Miocene - Pliocene11.608 - 2.588Netherlands Antilles M. ventricosus (209183 209187)