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Procidaris

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Miocidaridae

Taxonomy
Procidaris is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Cidaris edwardsii.

It was assigned to Histocidarinae by Fell (1966); to Cidaroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Miocidaridae by Smith (2015), Thompson (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Procidaris Fell p. U323
2002Procidaris Sepkoski
2015Procidaris Smith p. 6
2015Procidaris Thompson p. 2

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

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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†Procidaris edwardsii Wright 1854
†Procidaris lobatum Wright 1861
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Invalid names: Cidaris crossei Cotteau 1875 [synonym], Miocidaris tenuispina Mortensen 1934 [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 Rhaetian to the top of the Middle Callovian or 205.70000 to 161.50000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) P. lobatum (195949)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5United Kingdom (Cumbria) P. lobatum (195948)
Hettangian201.4 - 199.5United Kingdom (England) Cidaris edwardsii (149321)
Planorbis201.4 - 199.5United Kingdom (England) P. lobatum (195946) Pseudodiadema lobatum (195941)
Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) P. lobatum (195942)
Bucklandi199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) P. lobatum (195947)
Bucklandi199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) P. lobatum (195944)
Bucklandi - Semicostatum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom P. lobatum (195943)
Obtusum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Dorset) P. lobatum (195945)
Semicostatum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom P. sp. (62266)
Semicostatum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) P. lobatum (159417)
Davoei192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (England) Cidaris edwardsii (33336)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom P. edwardsii (195950)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany (Bavaria) P. sp. (51275)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (England) P. edwardsii (59033)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Germany (Bavaria) P. sp. (51270)
Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) P. relicta (275780)