Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Full reference: W. S. W. Kew. 1920. Cretaceous And Cenozoic Echinoidea of the Pacific coast of North America. University Of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 23-236
Belongs to Cidaris according to W. S. W. Kew 1920
See also Grant and Hertlein 1938
Sister taxa: Cidaris (Bramus), Cidaris (Cidaris), Cidaris (Protocidaris), Cidaris (Vernius), Cidaris admeto, Cidaris alabamensis, Cidaris alata, Cidaris alpis, Cidaris baculifera, Cidaris bechei, Cidaris blandis, Cidaris bowerbankii, Cidaris branneri, Cidaris californicus, Cidaris catenifera, Cidaris cojimarensis, Cidaris cornaliae, Cidaris cubensis, Cidaris curioni, Cidaris dilleri, Cidaris dixiensis, Cidaris fasciculata, Cidaris flexuosa, Cidaris fumagalli, Cidaris georgiana, Cidaris grandaeva, Cidaris guembeli, Cidaris klipsteini, Cidaris liagora, Cidaris lorenzanus, Cidaris loveni, Cidaris mazzettii, Cidaris merriami, Cidaris modestus, Cidaris moereus, Cidaris mortoni, Cidaris omboni, Cidaris ordinatus, Cidaris parastadifera, Cidaris perdubius, Cidaris perornata, Cidaris plumasensis, Cidaris pratti, Cidaris remiger, Cidaris roemeri, Cidaris schlonbachi, Cidaris serrifera, Cidaris shastensis, Cidaris sinaiensis, Cidaris smithi, Cidaris splendens, Cidaris subnobilis, Cidaris subnodosa, Cidaris taylorensis, Cidaris tehamaensis, Cidaris texanus, Cidaris thouarsii, Cidaris tribuloides, Cidaris tubuloides, Cidaris vafellus, Cidaris wahalakensis, Cidarites tribuloides
Type specimen: UCMP 11400
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Paleocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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