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Rhabdocidarinae

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Taxonomy
Rhabdocidarinae was named by Lambert (1900). It is extant. Its type is Rhabdocidaris.

It was reranked as the subfamily Rhabdocidarinae by Nisiyama (1966), Fell (1966), Kier (1980).

It was assigned to Stereocidaridae by Lambert (1900); and to Cidaridae by Nisiyama (1966), Fell (1966), Kier (1980).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Rhabdocidarinae Lambert p. 49
1966Rhabdocidarinae Fell p. U328
1966Rhabdocidarinae Nisiyama p. 169
1980Rhabdocidarinae Kier p. 16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyCidarideaGray 1825
familyCidaridae
subfamilyRhabdocidarinae()
subfamilyRhabdocidarinae()

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.

Subfm. Rhabdocidarinae Lambert 1900
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†Chondrocidaris marianica Nisiyama 1966
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†Porocidaris lopezi Sanchez-Roig 1953
†Porocidaris prior Oppenheim 1902
†Porocidaris schmideli Münster 1833
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 56.00000 to 11.63000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Egypt Porocidaris prior (169302)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Qatar Porocidaris schmideli (209100 209101 209103 209104 209105)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Egypt Porocidaris schmiedeli (97545)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Cuba Porocidaris lopezi (155853)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Libya Porocidaris schmeidelli (42144)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Micronesia, Federated States of (Mariana Islands) Chondrocidaris marianica (204375)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Fiji Chondrocidaris problepteryx (68314 68315 68330)