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Hemipedina perforata

Echinoidea - Pedinoida - Pedinidae

Taxonomy
Goniopygus perforatus was named by Wright (1851). Its type specimen is BMNH E1591 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Crickley Hill (Wright collection), which is in a Murchisonae reef, buildup or bioherm limestone/marl in the Birdlip Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Hemipedina perforata by Smith (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. minima

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Goniopygus perforatus Wright p. 267 figs. Pl 13, figs 5a,b
2015Hemipedina perforata Smith p. 50 figs. Pl 25, figs 8,9; pl 27, figs 1-8; text-fig 8C

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
orderPedinoida()
familyPedinidae()
genusHemipedina
speciesperforata()

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.

†Hemipedina perforata Wright 1851
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 10:05:28
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:46:48
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Aalenian to the top of the Murchisonae or 174.10000 to 171.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Murchisonae175.6 - 171.6United Kingdom (England) Goniopygus perforatus (type locality: 196365)
Murchisonae175.6 - 171.6United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Hemipedina perforata (196240)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Hemipedina perforata (159751)