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Rhabdocidaris copeoides

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Rhabdocidaridae

Taxonomy
Dickesicidaris copeoides was named by Agassiz and Desor (1847).

It was recombined as Rhabdocidaris copeoides by Smith and Kroh (2011) and Hostettler et al. (2017).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Dickesicidaris copeoides Agassiz and Desor
2011Rhabdocidaris copeoides Smith and Kroh
2017Rhabdocidaris copeoides Hostettler et al. p. 418 figs. Pl 6, figs 1-5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
familyRhabdocidaridaeLambert 1900
genusRhabdocidarisDesor 1855
speciescopeoides(Agassiz and Desor 1847)

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.

Rhabdocidaris copeoides Agassiz and Desor 1847
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Oxfordian or 168.30000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Saudi Arabia Rhabdocidaris copeoides (48341 48397 48399 48405)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Saudi Arabia Rhabdocidaris copeoides (45555 48597)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Egypt Rhabdocidaris copeoides (171262)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland (Basellandschaft) Rhabdocidaris copeoides (196422 196437)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Dickesicidaris copeoides (163585)