Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Diplocidaridae
Full reference: E. A. Bischof, B. Hostettler, and U. Menkveld-Gfeller. 2018. The cidaroids from the Middle Oxfordian St-Ursanne Formation of the Swiss Jura Mountains. Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 37:1-27
Belongs to Diplocidaris according to E. A. Bischof et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Diplocidaris crausiensis, Diplocidaris desori, Diplocidaris gigantea, Diplocidaris undulata, Diplocidaris wrightii
Type specimen: FPJ 5667. Its type locality is Hasenburg near Soyhières, which is in an Oxfordian reef, buildup or bioherm mudstone in the St-Ursanne Formation of Switzerland.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Switzerland (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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