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Cidaris splendens

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Taxonomy
Cidarites splendens was named by Morton (1841). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cidaris splendens by Clark and Twitchell (1915), Cooke (1941) and Cooke (1959).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Cidarites splendens Morton p. 132
1915Cidaris splendens Clark and Twitchell p. 46
1941Cidaris splendens Cooke p. 5
1959Cidaris splendens Cooke p. 9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyCidarideaGray 1825
familyCidaridae
genusCidarisLeske 1778
speciessplendens(Morton 1841)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Cidaris splendens Morton 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: omnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:08:25
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:42:21
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Thanetian or 66.00000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (New Jersey) Cidaris splendens (58941)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) Cidaris splendens (2837)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) Cidaris splendens (3113 81775 124965 124966)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Cidaris splendens (155901)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (New Jersey) Cidaris splendens (type locality: 155898)