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Diplocidaris

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Diplocidaridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Diplocidaris wrightii Desor
1857Diplocidaris desori Wright
1861Cidaris pustulata Wright
1966Diplocidaris Fell p. U339
1991Rolliericidaris Vadet
2002Diplocidaris Sepkoski
2002Rolliericidaris Vadet et al.
2015Diplocidaris Smith p. 18
2017Diplocidaris Hostettler et al. p. 415
2018Diplocidaris Bischof et al. p. 11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
familyDiplocidaridaeGregory 1900
genusDiplocidaris

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.

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†Diplocidaris bernasconii Bischof et al. 2018
†Diplocidaris crausiensis Lambert 1900
†Diplocidaris gigantea Agassiz 1840
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Invalid names: Cidaris cladifera Agassiz 1840 [synonym], Cidaris pustulifera Agassiz 1840 [synonym]
†Diplocidaris undulata Agassiz 1840
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Invalid names: Diplocidaris etalloni Desor 1869 [synonym]
Invalid names: Diplocidaris desori Wright 1857 [nomen dubium], Diplocidaris wrightii Desor 1855 [nomen dubium], Rolliericidaris Vadet 1991 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 182.70000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom (Somerset) D. sp. 1 (195989)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) D. sp. 1 (195988)
Toarcian - Aalenian182.7 - 170.3United Kingdom (Somerset) D. desori (195990)
Murchisonae175.6 - 171.6United Kingdom D. sp. (195992)
Murchisonae175.6 - 171.6United Kingdom (England) D. wrightii (196365)
Garantiana171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom (Somerset) D. sp. 2 (195991)
Sauzei171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom D. sp. (171172)
Sauzei171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom (Dorset) D. sp. (195993)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3United Kingdom (Somerset) D. sp. (195986)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (Wiltshire) D. sp. (195994)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Ukraine D. sp. (67868)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland D. subangularis (58317)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland (Basellandschaft) D. undulata, D. gigantea (196422 196423)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Lorraine) Rolliericidaris etalloni (21273)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland (Jura) D. bernasconii (196460) D. gigantea (196431 196470)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland (Solothurn) D. bernasconii (196464) D. gigantea (196424)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal D. gigantea (68212)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Armenia D. gigantea (196492)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Algeria D. gigantea (196454)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal D. gigantea (34661)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) D. gigantea (35262)