Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Leiocidaris hemigranosus

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Taxonomy
Cidaris hemigranosus was named by Shumard (1860).

It was recombined as Leiocidaris hemigranosus by Clark and Twitchell (1915).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Cidaris hemigranosus Shumard
1915Leiocidaris hemigranosus Clark and Twitchell p. 48

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyCidarideaGray 1825
familyCidaridae
—Cidarinae(Gray 1825)
genusLeiocidarisDesor 1855
specieshemigranosus(Shumard 1860)

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.

†Leiocidaris hemigranosus Shumard 1860
show all | hide all
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: Late/Upper Albian or 105.30000 to 99.60000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Texas) Cidaris hemigranosus (65704 65706 65714 65717 65718 65719 65722 65723 65725 65726 65727 65728 65737 65738)