World Echinoidea Database - Protoechinus Austin, 1860 †

Echinoidea taxon details

Protoechinus Austin, 1860 †

AphiaID

703970 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:703970)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Proterocidaridae Smith, 1984 †

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Grammatical gender

masculine

Original description

Austin, T. (1860). On a new genus of echinoderm and observations on the genus Palaechinus. The Geologist. 3: 446-448. [details]

Descriptive notes

Fossil range Tournaisian, Lower Carboniferous

Fossil range Tournaisian, Lower Carboniferous [details]

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2024). World Echinoidea Database. Protoechinus Austin, 1860 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=703970 on 2024-04-25

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2012-09-27 19:26:20Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

2020-05-08 12:20:04Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

[taxonomic tree]

original description Austin, T. (1860). On a new genus of echinoderm and observations on the genus Palaechinus. The Geologist. 3: 446-448. [details]

basis of record Smith, A. B. & Kroh, A. (eds.). (2011). The Echinoid Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication., available online at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/echinoid-directory [details]

From editor or global species database

Fossil range Tournaisian, Lower Carboniferous [details]

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