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Cidarinae

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Taxonomy
Cidarina was named by Gray (1825). It is extant. Its type is Cidaris.

It was reranked as the unranked clade Cidarinae by Fell (1966), Kier (1980), Donovan (1993), Smith (2009) and Kroh and Smith (2010).

It was assigned to Stereocidarinae by Mortensen (1928); and to Cidaridae by Fell (1966), Kier (1980), Donovan (1993), Smith (2009) and Kroh and Smith (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Cidarina Gray p. 225
1928Cidarina Mortensen p. 286
1966Cidarinae Fell p. U330
1980Cidarinae Kier p. 17
1993Cidarinae Donovan p. 95
2009Cidarinae Smith
2010Cidarinae Kroh and Smith p. 170

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

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.

Unr. Cidarinae Gray 1825
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G. †Leiocidaris Desor 1855
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†Leiocidaris carolinensis Lambert and Thiery 1925
†Leiocidaris cottreaui Lambert 1930
†Leiocidaris hemigranosus Shumard 1860
†Leiocidaris mitchelli Lambert and Thiery 1925
G. Phyllacanthus Brandt
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†Phyllacanthus clarkei Chapman and Cudmore 1934
†Phyllacanthus imperialis Lamarck 1816
†Phyllacanthus javanus Martin 1885
†Phyllacanthus leoni Lambert and Sanchez Roig 1926
†Phyllacanthus mitchelli Emmonds 1858
†Phyllacanthus mortoni Conrad 1850
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†Tretocidaris dubia Clark 1907
†Tretocidaris perplexa Clark 1907
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Pleistocene or 139.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 132.9 Ma

Collections (76 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Portugal Phyllacanthus salviensis (65673 65715)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Portugal Phyllacanthus salviensis (65745 65773 65853 65856)
Barremian - Aptian129.4 - 113.0Hungary Cyathocidaris insolens (66033)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6USA (Texas) Cidaris hemigranosus (65704 65706 65714 65717 65718 65719 65722 65723 65725 65726 65727 65728 65737 65738) Leiocidaris hemigranuosus (203425)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Spain Cyathocidaris cyathifera (66964)
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian89.3 - 83.6Spain Cyathocidaris cyathifera (66968)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Spain Cyathocidaris cyathifera (74397 74416)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Antarctica Cyathocidaris sp. (39620)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Jamaica Phyllacanthus leoni (73169)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica Phyllacanthus leoni (73148 73168)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Antarctica Cyathocidaris patera, Cyathocidaris nordenskjoldi (39609)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Mali Leiocidaris cottreaui (209421 209590)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Egypt Leiocidaris miniehensis (41901)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) Phyllacanthus mitchellii, Phyllacanthus carolinensis (5449)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Florida) Phyllacanthus mortoni (49882)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Alabama) Phyllacanthus mortoni (203660)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Florida) Phyllacanthus mortoni (34992) Phyllacanthus sp. (92785)
Late/Upper Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene37.2 - 28.4USA (Georgia) Phyllacanthus mortoni (203465)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44New Zealand Phyllacanthus titan (146336 146337 146338 146340 146342 146343 146344 146346 146347)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Italy (Sardinia) Tretocidaris sp. (187429)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Phyllacanthus priscus (65162 112577)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil Phyllacanthus priscus (112581)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Micronesia, Federated States of (Mariana Islands) Phyllacanthus javanus (204375)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Cuba Leiocidaris leoni (91134)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Egypt Phyllacanthus sp. (48004)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany C. sp. 1 (188985)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Brazil (Para) Phyllacanthus priscus (58454)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Fiji Phyllacanthus imperialis (68292 68293 68295 68296 68313 68314 68315 68326 68329 68330)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Western Australia) Phyllacanthus clarkeii (63294)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Phyllacanthus baculosa (70098 70099)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Vanuatu Cidaris imperialis (77902)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Malta Stylocidaris melitensis (131977)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Fiji Phyllacanthus imperalis (68180) Phyllacanthus imperialis (68181)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Palau Phyllacanthus imperialis (204376)