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Rhabdocidaris fowleri

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Rhabdocidaridae

Taxonomy
Cidaris fowleri was named by Wright (1851). Its type specimen is NHM E1682 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Crickley Hill (Wright collection), which is in a Murchisonae reef, buildup or bioherm limestone/marl in the Birdlip Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Rhabdocidaris fowleri by Smith (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Cidaris fowleri Wright p. 246 figs. Pl 11, figs 5a-c
2015Rhabdocidaris fowleri Smith p. 13 figs. Pl 6; pl 7, figs 3,4; text-fig 3S,T

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
familyRhabdocidaridaeLambert 1900
genusRhabdocidarisDesor 1855
speciesfowleri()

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.

†Rhabdocidaris fowleri Wright 1851
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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: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aalenian to the top of the Bajocian or 174.70000 to 168.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Murchisonae174.7 - 170.9United Kingdom (England) Cidaris fowleri (type locality: 196365)
Aalenian - Bajocian174.7 - 168.2United Kingdom (Dorset) Rhabdocidaris fowleri (195975)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2United Kingdom (Dorset) Rhabdocidaris fowleri (195976)