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Cyathocidaris

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Taxonomy
Cyathocidaris is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cidarinae by Fell (1966); and to Cidaroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Cyathocidaris Fell p. U333
2002Cyathocidaris Sepkoski

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

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.

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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 Barremian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 125.77000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian - Aptian125.77 - 113.2Hungary C. insolens (66033)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Spain C. cyathifera (66964)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Spain C. cyathifera (66968)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6Spain C. cyathifera (74397 74416)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica C. sp. (39620)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica C. patera, C. nordenskjoldi (39609)