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Histocidaridae

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Histocidaridae

Taxonomy
Histocidarina was named by Mortensen (1928). It is extant. Its type is Histocidaris. It is the type unranked clade of Histocidaridea.

It was reranked as the subfamily Histocidarinae by Fell (1966), Grawe-Baumeister et al. (2000); it was reranked as the family Histocidaridae by Smith (2009), Kroh and Smith (2010).

It was assigned to Stereocidarinae by Mortensen (1928); to Cidaridae by Fell (1966); to Rhabdocidaridae by Grawe-Baumeister et al. (2000); to Cidaroida by Smith (2009); and to Histocidaridea by Kroh and Smith (2010).

Subtaxa
Histocidaris (type genus), Poriocidaris

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Histocidarina Mortensen p. 69
1966Histocidarinae Fell p. U321
2000Histocidarinae Grawe-Baumeister et al. p. 6
2009Histocidaridae Smith
2010Histocidaridae Kroh and Smith p. 169

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyHistocidaridea
familyHistocidaridae()
familyHistocidaridae()

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.

Fm. Histocidaridae Mortensen 1928
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G. Histocidaris Mortensen 1903
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Histocidaris cobosi Agassiz 1898
Histocidaris elegans Agassiz 1879
Histocidaris rosaria Bronn 1831
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Invalid names: Cidarites hirta Sismonda 1842 [synonym], Cidarites serraria Bronn 1831 [synonym], Cidarites signata Sismonda 1842 [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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Messinian or 100.50000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Poitou-Charentes) Poriocidaris cenomanensis (73862 73863)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Cuba (all) Histocidaris sanchezi (8210)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Cuba Histocidaris sanchezi (8208)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Jamaica Histocidaris sp. (69729)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Brazil (Para) Histocidaris sp. (65162)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Italy Histocidaris rosaria (209205 209206 209207 209208)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain Histocidaris prionopleura (56687)