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Plegiocidaris crucifera

Echinoidea - Cidaroida

Taxonomy
Cidaris crucifera was named by Agassiz (1840). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Plegiocidaris crucifera by Smith (2009), Hostettler et al. (2017) and Bischof et al. (2018).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Cidaris crucifera Agassiz
1840Cidaris cervicalis Agassiz p. 77
2009Plegiocidaris crucifera Smith
2017Plegiocidaris crucifera Hostettler et al. p. 420 figs. Pl 6, figs 6-8; pl 7, figs 2-7
2018Plegiocidaris crucifera Bischof et al. p. 20 figs. Pl 3, figs 4a-d

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyCidarideaGray 1825
genusPlegiocidarisPomel 1883
speciescrucifera(Agassiz 1840)

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.

†Plegiocidaris crucifera Agassiz 1840
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Invalid names: Cidaris cervicalis Agassiz 1840 [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 Bathonian to the top of the Kimmeridgian or 168.30000 to 152.10000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Romania (Central Dobrogea) Plegiocidaris cervicalis (38190)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Plegiocidaris cervicalis (58317)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Cidaris cervicalis (62728)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Plegiocidaris crucifera (196443)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland (Basellandschaft) Plegiocidaris crucifera (196422 196423 196437)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland (Basel Landschaft) Plegiocidaris crucifera (196463)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland (Jura) Plegiocidaris crucifera (196431 196432 196433 196434)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Cidaris cervicalis (62708) Plegiocidaris crucifera (163585)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Lorraine) Plegiocidaris crucifera (21273)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland (Solothurn) Plegiocidaris crucifera (196425 196426)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Poland (Malogoszcz) Plegiocidaris crucifera (157213)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Plegiocidaris crucifera (41817 154138)