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Dorocidaris

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Taxonomy
Dorocidaris was named by Agassiz (1869) [Sepkoski's age data: K Maes R Sepkoski's reference number: 709]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Cidaris by Grant and Hertlein (1938).

It was assigned to Cidaridae by Cooke (1941); and to Cidaroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Dorocidaris Agassiz pp. 253, 254
1941Dorocidaris Cooke p. 6
2002Dorocidaris Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyCidarideaGray 1825
familyCidaridae
genusDorocidarisAgassiz 1869

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.

G. Dorocidaris Agassiz 1869
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Dorocidaris abyssicola Agassiz 1869
Dorocidaris rugosa Clark 1907
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 Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Cenomanian or 119.57000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Algeria D. jullieni (40789)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Egypt D. dousoni (98327)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt D. larleti (161575)