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Pseudocidaris

Echinoidea - Hemicidaridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Pseudocidaris Fell and Pawson p. U385
1966Pseudocidaris Nisiyama p. 189
2002Pseudocidaris Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
familyHemicidaridae
genusPseudocidaris

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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†Pseudocidaris ellenbecki Dacque 1905
†Pseudocidaris simulans Nisiyama 1950
†Pseudocidaris thurmanni Agassiz 1840
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Invalid names: Hemicidaris mammosa Agassiz 1840 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Diet 2: deposit feederc
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 12:05:24
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Bajocian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 170.90000 to 113.20000 Ma

Collections (102 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6France P. sp. (21269)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Saudi Arabia P. levis (45301)
Bajocian - Early/Lower Bathonian170.9 - 165.3Saudi Arabia P. levis (45303)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Saudi Arabia P. levis (45464 48307 48341 48397 48402 48405 48450 48484)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia P. dubia (47898 47899) P. levis (45539 45547 48560 48561 48563) P. levis, P. sp. (45541) P. macfadyeni (48564) P. sp. (48604) P. sp., P. levis (48582)
Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia P. gauthieri (31077)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia P. gauthieri (13794)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Saudi Arabia P. choffati (34544)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia P. gauthieri (13609 13660 13662 13663 13665)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia P. gauthieri (13689 13784 13791 13813 13858 13871 13903 13904 13905)
Late/Upper Callovian - Late/Upper Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia P. gauthieri (13507)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Saudi Arabia P. choffati (46307) P. lusitanica (46058) P. lusitanica, P. thurmanni (46059) P. orbignyana, P. thurmani (46064) P. thurmanni (45981 45992 46302)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Tunisia P. gauthieri (13953)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Yemen (Wadi Hajar) P. thurmanni (2586)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 143.1Portugal P. lusitanicus (8515)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Valanginian157.9 - 132.6China (Xizang) P. maresi (61417)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Saudi Arabia P. thurmanni (225468)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal P. lusitanicus (67906 67934) P. sp. (67910 67935)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Algeria P. thurmanni (196453 196454 196455 196456 196457 196458 196459)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Poland (Malogoszcz) P. sactacruensis (157213)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal P. lusitanicus (6011 68212 68809 68810 68817) P. sp. (8602)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Poland (Wierzbica) P. sanctacrucensis (157220)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Ethiopia P. ellenbecki (94585)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal (Centro) P. lusitanicus (68220)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Poland (Niziny) P. thurmanni (157215)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Poland (Czarnoglowy) P. mammosa (157224)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Portugal P. lusitanicus (68240) P. sp. (68232 68234 68236 68237)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany P. sp. (211294)
Early/Lower Tithonian149.2 - 145.06Portugal P. lusitanica, P. spinosa (6872) P. sp. (8159 8168 8317 8336 8604)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Portugal P. lusitanicus (68238 68239)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Hungary P. clunifera (66038)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Morocco (Western High Atlas) P. clunifera (2065)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Portugal P. clunifera (65745 65767 65853 65856 65857 65872 73336) P. crispicans, P. clunifera (65740)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France P. sp. (64068)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Hungary P. clunifera (66026)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Japan P. simulans (91290)