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Heterocidaridae

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Heterocidaridae

Taxonomy
Heterocidaridae was named by Mortensen (1934). Its type is Heterocidaris.

It was assigned to Diadematacea by Fell (1966); and to Cidaroida by Smith (2015).

Subtaxa
Heterocidaris (syn. Heteroechinus) (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Heterocidaridae Mortensen
1966Heterocidaridae Fell p. U365
2015Heterocidaridae Smith p. 11

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

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. †Heterocidaridae Mortensen 1934
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†Heterocidaris wickensis Wright 1861
Invalid names: Heteroechinus Quenstedt 1874 [objective 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: base of the Aalenian to the top of the Early/Lower Bajocian or 174.70000 to 168.60000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Toarcian - Aalenian180.4 - 170.9United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Heterocidaris wickensis (195972)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Heterocidaris wickensis (195973 195974)
Murchisonae174.7 - 170.9United Kingdom (England) Heterocidaris wickensis (77240)
Aalenian - Bajocian174.7 - 168.2United Kingdom Heterocidaris wickensis (171500)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Luxembourg Heterocidaris trigeri (38549)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2France Heterocidaris sp. (34712)
Discites170.9 - 168.2Luxembourg Heterocidaris trigeri (141491)