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Paracidaris

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Paracidaris Fell p. U335
2002Paracidaris Sepkoski
2004Chesniericidaris Vadet
2015Paracidaris Hostettler and Menkveld-Gfeller p. 205
2015Paracidaris Smith p. 28
2017Paracidaris Hostettler et al. p. 409
2018Paracidaris Bischof et al. p. 9

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

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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†Anisocidaris bajociensis Cotteau 1875
†Anisocidaris bathonica Cotteau 1875
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Invalid names: Cidaris trouvillensis Cotteau 1876 [synonym]
†Anisocidaris bouchardii Wright 1851
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Invalid names: Cidaris caumonti Cotteau 1875 [synonym]
†Anisocidaris smithii Wright 1857
†Anisocidaris zschokkei Cotteau 1875
†Paracidaris (Anisocidaris) eluveitie Hostettler and Menkveld-Gfeller 2015
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Invalid names: Cidaris aspera Agassiz 1840 [synonym]
Invalid names: Nenoticidaris Vadet 1988 [synonym]
†Paracidaris blumenbachi Muenster 1826
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Invalid names: Cidaris abichi Moesch 1867 [synonym]
†Paracidaris florigemma Phillips 1829
†Paracidaris jeanneti Lambert 1924
†Paracidaris laeviuscula Agassiz 1840
†Paracidaris toucasi Cotteau 1875
†Paracidaris wrightii Desor 1855
Invalid names: Chesniericidaris Vadet 2004 [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 Albian or 174.10000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (92 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Murchisonae175.6 - 171.6United Kingdom (England) Anisocidaris bouchardii (77240) Cidaris bouchardii, Cidaris propinqua (196365)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Anisocidaris bouchardii (159751)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Luxembourg Nenoticidaris zschokkei (38549)
Discites171.6 - 167.7Luxembourg Nenoticidaris zschokkiei (141491)
Laeviuscula171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom (England) Anisocidaris zschokkei (196002 196003)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Switzerland P. charmassei (32036)
Parkinsoni171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom Anisocidaris bathonica (158141)
Parkinsoni171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom (Dorset) Anisocidaris bajociensis (196004 196006 196007)
Parkinsoni171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom (Somerset) Anisocidaris bajociensis (196005)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3France P. sp. (34712 34713 34714 34718)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1France Cidaris bathonica (98246)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Ukraine P. sp. (67868)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3United Kingdom (England) P. florigemma (1920)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Anisocidaris smithii (196013)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0France P. florigemma (8609)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Anisocidaris smithii (196016)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (England) P. florigemma (42337)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Haut-Rhin) P. sp. (31894)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Bedfordshire) P. florigemma (196072)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland P. blumenbachi (196414) P. eluveitie (196415 196416 196417) P. laeviuscula (196409)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Dorset) P. florigemma (196065 196066)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland (Solothurn) P. florigemma (196464) P. florigemma, P. parandieri (196424)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France P. sp. (11085)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (England) P. florigemma (4087) P. sp. (22737 22816)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland (Basel Landschaft) P. florigemma (196461 196462 196463)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Cambridgeshire) Anisocidaris smithii, P. florigemma (42338)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Berkshire) P. florigemma (196068)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Buckinghamshire) Anisocidaris smithii (196015) P. florigemma (196067)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland (Basellandschaft) P. florigemma (196427) P. florigemma, P. parandieri (196422 196423 196436) P. parandieri (196437)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland P. blumenbachi (196408 196410) P. florigemma (196428) P. laeviuscula (196412)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Anisocidaris smithii (196014) P. florigemma (196069 196070) P. sp. (22784 22785)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland (Jura) P. florigemma (196429 196430 196433 196434 196435 196460 196465 196466 196467 196468 196469) P. florigemma, P. parandieri (196431 196441)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Cambridgshire) Anisocidaris smithii (196011)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) Anisocidaris smithii (196010) Anisocidaris smithii, P. florigemma (42340) Cidaris smithii, P. florigemma (196008)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Lorraine) Nenoticidaris parandieri, P. florigemma (21273)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Wiltshire) Anisocidaris smithii, P. florigemma (196012) Cidaris smithii, Cidaris blumenbachii (196009) P. florigemma (196061 196062 196063 196064 196071)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Poland (Wierzbica) P. smithi (157220)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Poland (Malogoszcz) P. smithi (157213)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal P. marginata, P. nevesensis (34661)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France P. florigemma (101050)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Nenoticidaris histricoides, P. florigemma (41817) Nenoticidaris histricoldes, P. florigemma (154138)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Oregon) P. sp. (229463)