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Miocidaris platyacantha

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Miocidaridae

Taxonomy
Miocidaris platyacantha was named by Nisiyama (1966). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kinsho-zan, which is in a Permian marine limestone in the Akasaka Limestone Formation of Japan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. cortinensis, M. grandaeva, M. lorioli, M. planus, M. timorensis, M. utahensis, M. verrucosus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Miocidaris platyacantha Nisiyama p. 155

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

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.

†Miocidaris platyacantha Nisiyama 1966
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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: Permian or 298.90000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Permian298.9 - 251.902Japan (Gifu) Miocidaris platyacantha (type locality: 204371)