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Histocidaridea

Echinoidea - Cidaroida

Taxonomy
Histocidaridea was named by Kroh and Smith (2010). It is extant. Its type is Histocidarinae.

It was assigned to Cidaroida by Kroh and Smith (2010).

Subtaxa
Histocidaridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Histocidaridea 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
superfamilyHistocidaridea

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.

Superfm. Histocidaridea Kroh and Smith 2010
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Fm. Histocidaridae Mortensen 1928
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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: Early/Lower Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Poitou-Charentes) Poriocidaris cenomanensis (73862 73863)