Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Alternative spelling: Stereocidaris
Synonym: Typocidaris Pomel 1883
Parent taxon: Temnocidaris according to G. M. El Qot 2021
See also Donovan 1993, Fell 1966, Geys 1987, Nisiyama 1966, Sepkoski 2002, Smith 1991 and Smith 2009
Sister taxa: Temnocidaris baylei, Temnocidaris danica, Temnocidaris magnifica
Subtaxa: Stereocidaris grandis Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) malheiroi Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) proxima Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) sarracenarum Typocidaris pistillum Typocidaris sceptrifera Typocidaris serrata Typocidaris ubaghsi
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Australia (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1)
• Oligocene of Germany (1)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), Belgium (1), United States (1: Alabama)
• Cretaceous of Angola (1), Belgium (5), Brazil (1), the Czech Republic (5), Egypt (3), France (17), Germany (3), Hungary (1), Jamaica (1), the Netherlands (6), Portugal (3), Saudi Arabia (5), Spain (4), the United Kingdom (8), Yemen (1)
• Jurassic of Algeria (1), Armenia (1)
Total: 73 collections including 81 occurrences