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The Ordovician diversification of sea urchins: systematics of the Bothriocidaroida (Echinodermata: Echinoidea)

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JOURNAL OF SYSTEMATIC PALAEONTOLOGY
卷 19, 期 20, 页码 1395-1448

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/14772019.2022.2042408

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sea urchin; extinction; phylogeny; Bothriocidaris; Neobothriocidaris; Bayesian

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  1. US National Science Foundation [IOS1240626]
  2. Royal Society Newton International Fellowship
  3. Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship

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The echinoids of the order Bothriocidaroida represent an important phase in the diversification of sea urchins. Through detailed phylogenetic analyses and the description of a new species, Neobothriocidaris pentlandensis sp. nov., this study sheds light on the phylogenetic relationships, diversity dynamics, and paleobiogeographical distribution of the Bothriocidaroida. The findings suggest that Bothriocidaroids originated in the Dapingian or Darriwilian, diversified during the Darriwilian to Sandbian periods, and reached peak diversity in the Sandbian and Katian.
The echinoids of the order Bothriocidaroida represent the initial burst of sea urchin diversification. They were the first echinoids to achieve widespread biogeographical dispersal and achieved high levels of species richness compared to other clades of stem group echinoids. Following long-standing controversy regarding their phylogenetic affinities within the phylum Echinodermata, bothriocidaroids are now regarded as echinoids. The species- and genus-level phylogenetic relationships of the bothriocidaroids, are, however, less clearly known. We herein compile a database of bothriocidaroid occurrences, undertake detailed phylogenetic analyses of all named species within the Bothriocidaroida, and provide updated diagnoses for all species. Our phylogenetic analysis includes species belonging to three genera: Bothriocidaris, Unibothriocidaris and Neobothriocidaris. Furthermore, we describe a new species, Neobothriocidaris pentlandensis sp. nov., from the Silurian of Scotland and Sweden, using micro-computed tomography and scanning electron microscopy. This species has implications for understanding the diversity dynamics of bothriocidaroids before and after the Late Ordovician mass extinction and the palaeobiogeographical distribution of bothriocidaroids in the Silurian. Using Bayesian and parsimony-based phylogenetics, we demonstrate that Neobothriocidaris is a distinct clade, and depending upon the analytical technique, Unibothrioidaris and Bothriocidaris are also resolved as monophyletic. Unibothriocidaris appears to have become extinct in the Sandbian, while Neobothriocidaris and Bothriocidaris survived the Late Ordovician extinction events and lasted at least until the Ludlow. Furthermore, we performed statistical time-calibration of our phylogenetic trees and show that bothriocidaroids originated in the Dapingian or Darriwilian, diversifying in the Darriwilian to Sandbian and reaching peak diversity in the Sandbian and Katian. This Sandbian and Katian peak is similar to that observed in other echinoderm clades, as well as other animal groups during the Ordovician radiation, and may be linked to heightened sea level and expansive tropical shelves present in the Upper Ordovician, and to new inhabitable environments linked with Ordovician oxygenation.

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