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Cidaris vafellus

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Taxonomy
Cidaris vafellus was named by de Loriol (1888). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dombe-Grande (couches à Bryozoaires), which is in an Aptian/Cenomanian marine limestone in Angola.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Cidaris vafellus de Loriol p. 99 figs. Pl 6, figs 8-13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyCidarideaGray 1825
familyCidaridae
genusCidarisLeske 1778
speciesvafellus

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.

†Cidaris vafellus de Loriol 1888
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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: base of the Aptian to the top of the Cenomanian or 125.00000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Cenomanian125.0 - 93.9Angola Cidaris vafellus (type locality: 210866)