Echinoidea - Euechinoidea - Hemicidaridae
Parent taxon: Hemicidaridae according to S. Nisiyama 1966
See also Fell and Pawson 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Asterocidaris, Cidaropsis, Eurypneustes, Gymnocidaris, Hemicidaris, Hemitiaris, Hessotiara, Leptarbacia, Plesiocidaris, Sphaerotiaris
Subtaxa: Pseudocidaris ellenbecki Pseudocidaris sanctacrucensis Pseudocidaris simulans Pseudocidaris thurmanni
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Hungary (2), Japan (1), Morocco (1), Portugal (8)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of China (1)
• Jurassic of Algeria (7), Ethiopia (1), France (1), Germany (1), Poland (4), Portugal (25), Saudi Arabia (30), Tunisia (18), Yemen (1)
Total: 102 collections including 108 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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