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Porocidaris prior

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Taxonomy
Porocidaris prior was named by Oppenheim (1902). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Schech-Abd-el-Ourun, Thebes, which is in a Ypresian offshore shale in the Esna Formation of Egypt.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1902Porocidaris prior Oppenheim p. 451 figs. Pl 7, figs 8-8a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyCidarideaGray 1825
familyCidaridae
subfamilyRhabdocidarinae()
genusPorocidaris
speciesprior

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.

Porocidaris prior Oppenheim 1902
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Egypt Porocidaris prior (type locality: 169302)