2014 in echinoderm paleontology

none 2014 paleontology science Paleontology History of science This list of fossil echinoderms described in 2014 is a list of new taxa of echinoderms of every kind that have been described during the year 2014. The list only includes taxa at the level of genus or species. Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAbsurdasterAndreas Kroh Alexander Lukeneder Jaume Gallemí 2014 Absurdaster, a new genus of basal atelostomate from the Early Cretaceous of Europe and its phylogenetic position Cretaceous Research 48 235–249 10.1016/j.cretres.2013.11.013 27087720 4819037 Gen. et 2 sp. et comb. nov ValidKroh, Lukeneder & GallemíEarly Cretaceous (Berriasian to Barremian)Bersek Marl Formation Puez FormationHungary Italy SwitzerlandA collyritid atelostomate. Genus contains two new species: Absurdaster puezensis and Absurdaster hungaricus, as well as "Collyrites" meriani Ooster (1865).AcanthospondylusJohn A. Harper 2014 Acanthospondylus pennsylvanicus, A new Genus and Species of Pennsylvanian Eospondylid Ophiuroid (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from Western Pennsylvania Annals of Carnegie Museum 82 3 247–255 10.2992/007.082.0305 85699692 Gen. et sp. nov ValidHarperCarboniferous (late Pennsylvanian)Conemaugh GroupUnited StatesAn eospondylid oegophiurid brittle star. The type species is Acanthospondylus pennsylvanicus.Aesiocrinus profundusRafael Villanueva-Olea Francisco Sour-Tovar 2014 A new genus and four new species of cladid crinoids from the Carboniferous of Oaxaca State, Mexico Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13 7 527–542 10.1080/14772019.2014.913719 85127757 Sp. nov ValidVillanueva-Olea & Sour-TovarCarboniferous (Pennsylvanian)Ixtaltepec FormationMexicoA poteriocrinidan cladid crinoid, a species of Aesiocrinus.Andymetra donovaniHans Hess 2014 Balanocrinus and other crinoids from Late Jurassic mudstones of France and Switzerland Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 133 1 47–75 10.1007/s13358-013-0059-x free Sp. nov ValidHessLate Jurassic (Oxfordian)FranceA comatulid crinoid, a species of Andymetra.Apiocrinites feldmaniMark A. Wilson Elizabeth A. Reinthal William I. Ausich 2014 Parasitism of a new apiocrinitid crinoid species from the Middle Jurassic (Callovian) of southern Israel Journal of Paleontology 88 6 1212–1221 10.1666/14-009 128473471 Sp. nov ValidWilson, Reinthal & AusichMiddle Jurassic (late Callovian)Matmor FormationIsraelA crinoid, a species of Apiocrinites.Balanocrinus brachiospinaSp. nov ValidHessLate Jurassic (Oxfordian)FranceAn isocrinid crinoid, a species of Balanocrinus.Bathysalenia skylariJohn W.M. Jagt John Jackson Raymond W.J.M. van der Ham amp 2014 Bathysalenia skylari, a new late Turonian (Late Cretaceous) saleniid echinoid from central Texas, USA Cretaceous Research 51 70–74 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.05.012 Sp. nov ValidJagt, Jackson & van der HamLate Cretaceous (late Turonian)United StatesA salenioid, a species of Bathysalenia.BohnerticrinusGen. et sp. nov ValidBohatý, Hein & WebsterDevonian (late Eifelian)Freilingen FormationGermanyA monobathrid camerate crinoid. The type species is Bohnerticrinus nilsjungi.Botryocrinus meloiS.M. Scheffler A.C.S.F. Fernandes V.M.M. da Fonseca 2014 Crinoids columnals (Echinodermata) of the Ererê Formation (late Eifelian–early Givetian, Amazon Basin), State of Pará, Brazil Journal of South American Earth Sciences 49 63–72 10.1016/j.jsames.2013.11.001 2014JSAES..49...63S Sp. nov ValidScheffler, Fernandes & da FonsecaDevonianErerê FormationBrazilA crinoid, a species of Botryocrinus.Caenopedina aleksandrabitneraeAndreas Kroh 2014 Echinoids from the Chlamys Ledge Member (Polonez Cove Formation, Oligocene) of King George Island, West Antarctica Polish Polar Research 35 3 455–467 10.2478/popore-2014-0024 free Sp. novValidKrohOligocenePolonez Cove FormationAntarcticaA pedinid sea urchin, a species of Caenopedina.Cambroblastus guolensisXuejian Zhu Samuel Zamora Bertrand Lefebvre 2014 Morphology and palaeoecology of a new edrioblastoid (Edrioasteroidea) from the Furongian of China Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59 4 921–926 10.4202/app.2012.0116 free Sp. nov ValidZhu, Zamora & LefebvreLate Cambrian (Furongian)Sandu FormationChinaAn edrioasteroid, a species of Cambroblastus.CruxopadiaMike Reich Jörg Ansorge 2014 Santonian sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from Sierra del Montsec, Spain Frank Wiese Mike Reich Gernot Arp "Spongy, slimy, cosy & more". Commemorative volume in celebration of the 60th birthday of Joachim Reitner. Göttingen Contributions to Geosciences 77 Universitätsverlag Göttingen 147–160 978-3-86395-165-8 10.3249/webdoc-3925 Gen. et 2 sp. novValidReich in Reich & AnsorgeLate Jurassic (early Oxfordian) to Late Cretaceous (late Santonian)France SpainA sea cucumber, probably a stem-molpadiid. The type species is Cruxopadia mesozoica from the early Oxfordian of Normandy, France; genus also contains Cruxopadia reitneri from the late Santonian of Catalonia.Ekteinocrinus mixtecaSp. nov ValidVillanueva-Olea & Sour-TovarCarboniferous (Pennsylvanian)Ixtaltepec FormationMexicoA dendrocrinidan cladid crinoid, a species of Ekteinocrinus.EoleptosynaptaGen. et sp. novValidReich in Reich & AnsorgeLate Cretaceous (late Santonian)SpainA probably a stem-leptosynaptine synaptid sea cucumber. The type species is Eoleptosynapta jaumei.EorynkatorpaGen. et sp. novValidReich in Reich & AnsorgeLate Cretaceous (late Santonian)SpainA rynkatorpine synaptid sea cucumber. The type species is Eorynkatorpa catalonica.HexawacrinusLinda Frey Carole Naglik Richard Hofmann Mena Schemm-Gregory Jiří Frýda Björn Kröger Paul D. Taylor Mark A. Wilson Christian Klug 2014 Diversity and palaeoecology of Early Devonian invertebrate associations in the Tafilalt (Anti-Atlas, Morocco) Bulletin of Geosciences 89 1 75–112 10.3140/bull.geosci.1459 free Gen. et sp. novValidFrey et al.Early Devonian (Pragian)MoroccoA hexacrinitid monobathrid crinoid. The type species is Hexawacrinus claudiakurtae.Hydriocrinus amplusSp. nov ValidVillanueva-Olea & Sour-TovarCarboniferous (Pennsylvanian)Ixtaltepec FormationMexicoA poteriocrinidan cladid crinoid, a species of Hydriocrinus.Hylodecrinus cymrusCindy Howells Thomas Kammer 2014 A new crinoid from the Mississippian age (Early Carboniferous) of South Pembrokeshire, Wales Geological Journal 49 2 207–212 10.1002/gj.2514 85463659 Sp. nov ValidHowells & KammerCarboniferous (Mississippian)United KingdomA cladid crinoid, a species of Hylodecrinus.Infulaster navicularisIginio Dieni Andreas Kroh 2014 Boreal echinoids from the Tethys Realm: Infulaster and Hagenowia from the Upper Cretaceous of eastern Sardinia (Italy) Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 13 9 741–751 10.1080/14772019.2014.952686 129274325 Sp. novValidDieni & KrohLate Cretaceous (Coniacian)ItalyA cardiasterid heart urchin, a species of Infulaster.JingxieocrinusGui-ying Chen Nai-ren Han 2014 A new eocrinoid genus from the Upper Cambrian of Guangxi, South China Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 53 3 290–301 http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfd&QueryID=31&CurRec=3&filename=GSWX201403003&dbname=CJFD2014 2020-09-07 2015-08-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20200907091428/http://eng.oversea.cnki.net/kcms/detail/detail.aspx?dbCode=cjfd&QueryID=31&CurRec=3&filename=GSWX201403003&dbname=CJFD2014 dead Gen. et sp. nov ValidChen & HanCambrian (Furongian)Guole FormationChinaAn eocrinoid. The type species is Jingxieocrinus guoleensis.Leptosalenia barredaiEnric Forner 2014 Una nova espècie del gènere Leptosalenia Smith & Wright, 1990 (Echinoidea: Saleniidae) de l'Albià de Traiguera (Conca del Maestrat, NE de la península Ibèrica) Treballs del Museu de Geologia de Barcelona 20 5–13 http://www.raco.cat/index.php/TreballsMGB/article/view/279715 10.32800/tmgb.2014.20.0005 free Sp. novValidFornerEarly Cretaceous (Albian)SpainA sea urchin belonging to the order Salenioida and the family Saleniidae.Linguaserra franzenaeMike Reich Manfred Kutscher 2014 A new ophiocistioid (Echinodermata) from the Silurian of Gotland, Sweden GFF 136 3 459–463 10.1080/11035897.2013.861863 129869188 Sp. nov ValidReich & KutscherEarly SilurianSwedenA linguaserrid ophiocistioid, a species of Linguaserra.MaydenaPeter A. Jell 2014 A Tremadocian asterozoan from Tasmania and a late Llandovery edrioasteroid from Victoria Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 38 4 528–540 10.1080/03115518.2014.911642 128577358 Gen. et sp. novJunior homonymJellOrdovician (Tremadocian)Florentine Valley FormationAustraliaA brittle star of uncertain phylogenetic placement. The type species is M. roadsidensis. The generic name is preoccupied by Maydena Chandler (2001).Micropedina simplexMarouf A.M. Abdelhamid 2014 Revision of the echinoid genus Micropedina Cotteau, 1866 and description of a new species from the upper Cenomanian of Egypt Cretaceous Research 51 95–111 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.05.015 Sp. nov ValidAbdelhamidLate Cretaceous (late Cenomanian)Galala FormationEgyptA member of Pedinoida, a species of Micropedina.OmanasterDaniel B. Blake Lucia Angiolini Andrea Tintori amp 2014 Omanaster imbricatus (Echinodermata, Asteroidea), a new genus and species from the Sakmarian (Lower Permian) Saiwan Formation of Oman, Arabian Peninsula Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 120 3 http://www.rivistaitalianadipaleontologia.it/pub/index.php/contents-1996-2014/79-abstracts/144-abstracts-vol-120-3-2014 2014-12-11 https://web.archive.org/web/20150302104706/http://www.rivistaitalianadipaleontologia.it/pub/index.php/contents-1996-2014/79-abstracts/144-abstracts-vol-120-3-2014 2015-03-02 dead Gen. et sp. novValidBlake, Angiolini & TintoriEarly Permian (Sakmarian)Saiwan FormationOmanA starfish. The type species is Omanaster imbricatus.Ophiocamax ventosaJohn W. M. Jagt Ben Thuy Stephen K. Donovan Sabine Stöhr Roger W. Portell Ron K. Pickerill David A. T. Harper William Lindsay Trevor A. Jackson 2014 A starfish bed in the Middle Miocene Grand Bay Formation of Carriacou, The Grenadines (West Indies) Geological Magazine 151 3 381–393 10.1017/S0016756813000204 2014GeoM..151..381J 54043578 http://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?gldocs-11858/6917 Sp. nov ValidJagt et al.Middle MioceneGrand Bay FormationGrenada (Carriacou Island)A brittle star, a species of Ophiocamax.Ophiodoris holterhoffiBen Thuy Andrew S. Gale Sabine Stöhr Frank Wiese 2014 Shallow-water brittle-star (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) assemblages from the Aptian (Early Cretaceous) of the North Atlantic: first insights into bathymetric distribution patterns Frank Wiese Mike Reich Gernot Arp "Spongy, slimy, cosy & more". Commemorative volume in celebration of the 60th birthday of Joachim Reitner. Göttingen Contributions to Geosciences 77 Universitätsverlag Göttingen 163–182 978-3-86395-165-8 10.3249/webdoc-3927 Sp. novValidThuy et al.Early Cretaceous (late Aptian)Glen Rose FormationUnited StatesAn ophionereidid brittle star, a species of Ophiodoris.Ophioleuce sanmigueliSp. novValidThuy et al.Early Cretaceous (Aptian)Caranceja FormationSpainAn ophioleucine ophiurid brittle star, a species of Ophioleuce.Ophiozonella eloySp. novValidThuy et al.Early Cretaceous (Aptian)Caranceja FormationSpainAn ophiolepidid brittle star, a species of Ophiozonella.Ophiozonella thomasiSp. novValidThuy et al.Early Cretaceous (late Aptian)Glen Rose FormationUnited StatesAn ophiolepidid brittle star, a species of Ophiozonella.Palaeocomaster benthuyiHans Hess 2014 Origin and radiation of the comatulids (Crinoidea) in the Jurassic Swiss Journal of Palaeontology 133 1 23–34 10.1007/s13358-013-0061-3 83599642 Sp. novValidHessEarly Jurassic (Pliensbachian)FranceA comatulid crinoid, a species of Palaeocomaster.Palaeocomaster musculosusSp. nov ValidHessLate Jurassic (Oxfordian)FranceA comatulid crinoid, a species of Palaeocomaster.Palaeocomaster paucicirrusSp. nov ValidHessEarly or Middle Jurassic (Toarcian or Aalenian)GermanyA comatulid crinoid, a species of Palaeocomaster.Paracomatula moratorSp. nov ValidHessLate Jurassic (Oxfordian)FranceA paracomatulid crinoid, a species of Paracomatula.Paragonaster(?) haldixoniSp. nov ValidJagt et al.Middle MioceneGrand Bay FormationGrenada (Carriacou Island)A starfish, possibly a species of Paragonaster.Pedinopsis hemisphaericaMarouf Abdelaty Mohamed Abdelhamid 2014 Middle–upper Cenomanian echinoids from north Wadi Qena, North Eastern Desert, Egypt Cretaceous Research 50 138–170 10.1016/j.cretres.2014.04.010 Sp. nov ValidAbdelhamidLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Galala FormationAlgeriaAicha Bourezg-Belkhir Madani Benyoucef Gamal El Qot Mahammed Mahboubi Mohammed Adaci Djamila Zaoui Mustapha Bensalah 2024 Echinoids associated to the Neolobites event from the Sahara (upper Cenomanian, Southern Algeria) Annales de Paléontologie 110 2 102648 10.1016/j.annpal.2023.102648 EgyptA sea urchin.PersiadiskosT. E. Guensburg S. V. Rozhnov 2014 A unique edrioasteroid from the upper Middle Cambrian of Iran, its phylogenetic implications and paleoecology Paleontological Journal 48 4 401–406 10.1134/S0031030114040078 84847350 Gen. et sp. nov ValidGuensburg & RozhnovCambrianMila FormationIranAn agelacrinitid isorophid edrioasteroid. The type species is Persiadiskos zhuravlevi.Phymosoma elqottiSp. nov ValidAbdelhamidLate Cretaceous (Cenomanian)Galala FormationEgyptA sea urchin.ReciprocodiscusGen. et sp. novValidJellSilurian (Llandovery)Springfield FormationAustraliaAn isorophid edrioasteroid. The type species is R. transambus.Rhabdobrissus tarnopolensisAndrzej Radwański Marcin Górka Anna Wysocka 2014 Badenian (Middle Miocene) echinoids and starfish from western Ukraine, and their biogeographic and stratigraphic significance Acta Geologica Polonica 64 2 207–247 10.2478/agp-2014-0012 2014AcGeP..64..224R 128757693 free Sp. nov ValidRadwański, Górka & WysockaMiocene (late Badenian)Ternopil BedsUkraineA brissid spatangoid, a species of Rhabdobrissus.SierradiademaRich Mooi Richard P. Hilton 2014 First record and phylogenetic significance of a Jurassic diadematacean sea urchin from California Journal of Paleontology 88 3 421–433 10.1666/13-130 131232806 Gen. et sp. nov ValidMooi & HiltonMiddle Jurassic (Callovian)Mariposa FormationUnited StatesA diadematacean sea urchin. The type species is Sierradiadema kristini.StipecrinusGen. et sp. nov ValidVillanueva-Olea & Sour-TovarCarboniferous (Mississippian)Ixtaltepec FormationMexicoA poteriocrinidan cladid crinoid. The type species is Stipecrinus splendidus.Storthingocrinus coronatusJan Bohatý Uwe Hein Gary D. Webster 2014 Articulated endoskeletons of the Devonian disparid Storthingocrinus: implications for the revision of a misunderstood crinoid genus Paläontologische Zeitschrift 88 1 27–53 10.1007/s12542-013-0176-2 129350713 Sp. nov ValidBohatý, Hein & WebsterDevonian (middle Eifelian to early Givetian)Junkerberg Formation Loogh FormationGermanyA disparid crinoid, a species of Storthingocrinus.Storthingocrinus ebbighauseniSp. nov ValidBohatý, Hein & WebsterDevonian (Eifelian)Ahrdorf Formation Junkerberg FormationGermanyA disparid crinoid, a species of Storthingocrinus.Storthingocrinus lobatusSp. nov ValidBohatý, Hein & WebsterDevonian (earliest Givetian)Ahbach FormationGermanyA disparid crinoid, a species of Storthingocrinus.Tethyaster antaresDiana Elizabeth Fernández Damián Eduardo Pérez Leticia Luci Martín Alejandro Carrizo 2014 An Early Cretaceous astropectinid (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) from Patagonia (Argentina): A new species and the oldest record of the family for the Southern Hemisphere Andean Geology 41 1 210–223 10.5027/andgeoV41n1-a08 free 11336/29659 free Sp. nov ValidFernández et al.Early Cretaceous (early Valanginian)Mulichinco FormationArgentinaAn astropectinid, a species of Tethyaster.Tetracrinus galeiSp. nov ValidHessLate Jurassic (Oxfordian)FranceA cyrtocrinid crinoid, a species of Tetracrinus.Tiaracrinus jeanlemenniChristian Klug Kenneth De Baets Carole June Naglik Johnny Waters 2014 A new species of Tiaracrinus from the latest Emsian of Morocco and its phylogeny Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 59 1 135–145 10.4202/app.2011.0188 free Sp. nov ValidKlug et al.Devonian (late Emsian)MoroccoA zophocrinid disparid crinoid, a species of Tiaracrinus. 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