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Leurocidaris montanaro

Echinoidea - Cidaroida

Taxonomy
Cidaris montanaro was named by Zardini (1973). Its type specimen is MCA 140-S-Z and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Leurocidaris montanaro by Kier (1977) and Kier (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Cidaris montanaro Zardini p. 12 figs. Pl 5, figs 14,15a,b
1977Leurocidaris montanaro Kier p. 20 figs. Pl 12, figs 6,7; pl 13
1984Leurocidaris montanaro Kier p. 8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
genusLeurocidaris
speciesmontanaro(Zardini 1973)

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.

†Leurocidaris montanaro Zardini 1973
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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: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy (Venezia) Leurocidaris montanaro (56706)