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Chondrocidaris marianica

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Taxonomy
Chondrocidaris marianica was named by Nisiyama (1966). Its type specimen is IGPS 73740 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Laulau, Saipan Island, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in the Donney Formation of Micronesia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Chondrocidaris marianica Nisiyama p. 171 figs. Pl. 1, figs. 19-20

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

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.

Chondrocidaris marianica 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: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.03000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Micronesia, Federated States of (Mariana Islands) Chondrocidaris marianica (type locality: 204375)