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Firmacidaris

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Taxonomy
Firmacidaris is a genus. It is not extant.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Fell and Pawson (1966).

It was assigned to Stylocidarinae by Nisiyama (1966); and to Echinoidea by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Firmacidaris Nisiyama p. 162
2002Firmacidaris Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyCidarideaGray 1825
familyCidaridae
subfamilyStylocidarinaeMortensen 1928
genusFirmacidaris

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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Firmacidaris neumayri Nisiyama 1966
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 Tithonian to the top of the Berriasian or 149.20000 to 137.05000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian - Berriasian149.2 - 137.05Japan (Kochi) F. neumayri (91382)