Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Miocidaridae
Full reference: L. Döderlein. 1887. Die Japanischen Seeigel. I. Theil. Fammilie Cidaridae und Saleniidae. E. Schweizerbartsche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1-59
Parent taxon: Miocidaridae according to J. R. Thompson 2015
See also Fell 1966, Hagdorn 1995, Nisiyama 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anaulocidaris, Aplocidaris, Couvelardicidaris, Dicyclocidaris, Eotiaris, Pachycidaris, Panniericidaris, Permocidaris, Procidaris
Subtaxa: Miocidaris (Serpianotiaris) Miocidaris adrianae Miocidaris amalthei Miocidaris platyacantha Miocidaris spinulifera
Type: Cidaris amalthei
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (2 collections), Italy (1)
• Triassic of Canada (5: British Columbia), China (5), East Timor (1), France (1), Germany (2), Hungary (5), Italy (1), Spain (1), United States (19: Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah)
• Permian of Italy (1), Japan (1)
Total: 45 collections including 49 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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