单词 | palaechinoid |
释义 | palaechinoidn.adj. Palaeontology. A. n. Originally: an extinct echinoid (sea urchin) belonging to the former subclass Palaechinoidea, comprising all or most Palaeozoic echinoids, typically having more than two series of interambulacral plates. Now usually: a member of a more restricted group of Palaeozoic echinoids (sometimes classified as an order Palaechinoida) including the genus Palaechinus (see quot. 1993). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Echinodermata > [noun] > subphylum Eleutherozoa > class Echinoidea > fossil > member of division Palaechnoidea palaechinoid1863 1863 J. D. Dana Man. Geol. iii. ii. 400 (table) Palæechinoids (including Archæocidaris). 1889 H. A. Nicholson & R. Lydekker Man. Palæontol. (ed. 3) I. 373 In all the Palechinoids there is a large peristomial aperture. 1935 T. Mortensen Monogr. Echinoidea II. 3 The very generally accepted division of the Echinoids into two great groups: the Palæechinoids and the Euechinoids is rejected. 1984 A. Smith Echinoid Palaeobiol. iii. 30 Only palaechinoids evolved tesselate plating. 1993 E. N. K. Clarkson Invertebr. Palaeontol. & Evol. (ed. 3) ix. 261/2 This [sc. subclass Perischoechinoidea] is a difficult group to classify: it includes five groups: (a) lepidocentrids..; (b) echinocystidids..; (c) lepidesthids..; (d) proterocidarids..; (e) palaechinoids with polygonal ambulacral plates with small secondary tubercles (Palaechinus, Melonites). B. adj. Belonging to the taxon Palaechinoidea. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries. ΚΠ 1904 N.E.D. Palæchinoid, pale-,..belonging to the extinct division (Palæchinoidea) of Sea-urchins (Echinoidea), whose fossil remains are found in palæozoic rocks. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1863 |
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