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Polycidaris

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Polycidaris Fell p. U323
2002Polycidaris Sepkoski
2015Polycidaris Hostettler and Menkveld-Gfeller p. 202
2015Polycidaris Smith p. 20

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

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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†Polycidaris escheri de Loriol 1868
†Polycidaris gygii Hostettler and Menkveld-Gfeller 2015
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Invalid names: Cidaris moorei Wright 1858 [synonym]
†Polycidaris legayi Sauvage and Rigaux 1873
†Polycidaris regularis Münster 1841
†Polycidaris spinosa Agassiz 1840
†Polycidaris spinulosa Roemer 1836
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Invalid names: Cidaris confluens Forbes 1856 [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 Julian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 235.00000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Cidaris regularis (137429)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom (Somerset) Cidaris ilminsterensis, Cidaris moorei (159505)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Luxembourg P. horrida (38549)
Parkinsoni171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom (Somerset) Cidaris confluens (195995)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1Poland P. sp. (158205)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Poland P. sp. (158199)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Germany (Brandenburg) P. sp. (32016)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Scotland) P. sp. (196001)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland P. spinosa, P. escheri (196409)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France P. spinosa (163585)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland P. escheri (196410) P. gygii (196412 196413) P. spinosa, P. escheri (196408)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany P. gygii (196411)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. nusplingensis (41817 154138)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0United Kingdom (Cambridgeshire) P. legayi (195998 195999)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) P. legayi (196000)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0United Kingdom (Dorset) P. legayi (195996)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0United Kingdom (Buckinghamshire) P. legayi (195997)