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Polycidaridae

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Nenoticidaridae Vadet
1988Polycidaridae Vadet
1999Anisocidaridae Vadet p. 72
2002Nenoticidaridae Vadet et al.
2009Polycidaridae Smith
2010Polycidaridae Kroh and Smith p. 169
2015Polycidaridae Smith p. 19

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

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.

Fm. †Polycidaridae Vadet 1988
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G. †Nudicidaris Vadet 1988
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†Nudicidaris elegans Muenster 1829
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Invalid names: Cidaris mathei Desor and de Loriol 1868 [synonym]
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†Anisocidaris bajociensis Cotteau 1875
†Anisocidaris bathonica Cotteau 1875
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Invalid names: Cidaris trouvillensis Cotteau 1876 [synonym]
†Anisocidaris bouchardii Wright 1851
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Invalid names: Cidaris caumonti Cotteau 1875 [synonym]
†Anisocidaris smithii Wright 1857
†Anisocidaris zschokkei Cotteau 1875
†Paracidaris (Anisocidaris) eluveitie Hostettler and Menkveld-Gfeller 2015
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Invalid names: Cidaris aspera Agassiz 1840 [synonym]
Invalid names: Nenoticidaris Vadet 1988 [synonym]
†Paracidaris blumenbachi Muenster 1826
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Invalid names: Cidaris abichi Moesch 1867 [synonym]
†Paracidaris florigemma Phillips 1829
†Paracidaris jeanneti Lambert 1924
†Paracidaris laeviuscula Agassiz 1840
†Paracidaris toucasi Cotteau 1875
†Paracidaris wrightii Desor 1855
Invalid names: Chesniericidaris Vadet 2004 [synonym]
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†Polycidaris escheri de Loriol 1868
†Polycidaris gygii Hostettler and Menkveld-Gfeller 2015
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Invalid names: Cidaris moorei Wright 1858 [synonym]
†Polycidaris legayi Sauvage and Rigaux 1873
†Polycidaris regularis Münster 1841
†Polycidaris spinosa Agassiz 1840
†Polycidaris spinulosa Roemer 1836
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Invalid names: Cidaris confluens Forbes 1856 [synonym]
G. †Romanocidaris Vadet 1991
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†Romanocidaris filograna Agassiz 1840
†Romanocidaris laeviuscula Agassiz 1840
Invalid names: Anisocidaridae Vadet 1999 [synonym], Nenoticidaridae Vadet 1988 [synonym]
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: base of the Julian to the top of the Albian or 235.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (111 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Cidaris regularis (137429)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom (Somerset) Cidaris ilminsterensis, Cidaris moorei (159505)
Murchisonae175.6 - 171.6United Kingdom (England) Anisocidaris bouchardii (77240) Cidaris bouchardii, Cidaris propinqua (196365)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Anisocidaris bouchardii (159751)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Luxembourg Polycidaris horrida, Nenoticidaris zschokkei (38549)
Discites171.6 - 167.7Luxembourg Nenoticidaris zschokkiei (141491)
Laeviuscula171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom (England) Anisocidaris zschokkei (196002 196003)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Switzerland Paracidaris charmassei (32036)
Parkinsoni171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom (Somerset) Anisocidaris bajociensis (196005) Cidaris confluens (195995)
Parkinsoni171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom (Dorset) Anisocidaris bajociensis (196004 196006 196007)
Parkinsoni171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom Anisocidaris bathonica (158141)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3France Paracidaris sp. (34712 34713 34714 34718)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1Poland Polycidaris sp. (158205)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1France Cidaris bathonica (98246)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Poland Polycidaris sp. (158199)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Germany (Brandenburg) Polycidaris sp. (32016)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Ukraine Paracidaris sp. (67868)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Anisocidaris smithii (196013)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3United Kingdom (England) Paracidaris florigemma (1920)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Ethiopia Cidaris filograna (94499)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0France Paracidaris florigemma (8609)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Polycidaris sp. (196001)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Anisocidaris smithii (196016)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (England) Paracidaris florigemma (42337)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Bedfordshire) Paracidaris florigemma (196072)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Haut-Rhin) Paracidaris sp. (31894)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Paracidaris blumenbachi (196414) Paracidaris eluveitie (196415 196416 196417) Polycidaris spinosa, Polycidaris escheri, Paracidaris laeviuscula (196409)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Wiltshire) Anisocidaris smithii, Paracidaris florigemma (196012) Cidaris smithii, Cidaris blumenbachii (196009) Paracidaris florigemma (196061 196062 196063 196064 196071)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (England) Paracidaris florigemma (4087) Paracidaris sp. (22737 22816)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland (Basellandschaft) Nudicidaris elegans (196442) Paracidaris florigemma (196427) Paracidaris florigemma, Nudicidaris elegans, Paracidaris parandieri (196423) Paracidaris florigemma, Paracidaris parandieri (196422 196436) Paracidaris parandieri (196437)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany Polycidaris gygii (196411)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland (Basel Landschaft) Paracidaris florigemma (196461 196462 196463)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland (Jura) Paracidaris florigemma (196429 196430 196433 196434 196435 196460 196465 196466 196467 196468 196469) Paracidaris florigemma, Paracidaris parandieri (196431 196441)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Dorset) Paracidaris florigemma (196065 196066)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland (Solothurn) Paracidaris florigemma (196464) Paracidaris florigemma, Paracidaris parandieri (196424)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Cambridgeshire) Anisocidaris smithii, Paracidaris florigemma (42338)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Anisocidaris smithii (196014) Paracidaris florigemma (196069 196070) Paracidaris sp. (22784 22785)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Nudicidaris elegans (196418) Paracidaris florigemma, Nudicidaris elegans (196428) Polycidaris escheri, Paracidaris blumenbachi, Romanocidaris filograna (196410) Polycidaris gygii (196413) Polycidaris gygii, Paracidaris laeviuscula, Nudicidaris elegans (196412) Polycidaris spinosa, Polycidaris escheri, Paracidaris blumenbachi (196408)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Cambridgshire) Anisocidaris smithii (196011)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Lorraine) Nenoticidaris parandieri, Paracidaris florigemma, Nudicidaris elegans (21273)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Berkshire) Paracidaris florigemma (196068)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Buckinghamshire) Anisocidaris smithii (196015) Paracidaris florigemma (196067)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) Anisocidaris smithii (196010) Anisocidaris smithii, Paracidaris florigemma (42340) Cidaris smithii, Paracidaris florigemma (196008)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Paracidaris sp. (11085) Romanocidaris laeviuscula, Polycidaris spinosa (163585)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Romanocidaris filograna (196421)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Poland (Wierzbica) Paracidaris smithi (157220)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Poland (Malogoszcz) Paracidaris smithi (157213)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal Paracidaris marginata, Paracidaris nevesensis (34661)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France Paracidaris florigemma (101050)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Polycidaris nusplingensis, Nenoticidaris histricoides, Paracidaris florigemma (41817) Polycidaris nusplingensis, Nenoticidaris histricoldes, Paracidaris florigemma (154138)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0United Kingdom (Cambridgeshire) Polycidaris legayi (195998 195999)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0United Kingdom (Dorset) Polycidaris legayi (195996)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) Polycidaris legayi (196000)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0United Kingdom (Buckinghamshire) Polycidaris legayi (195997)
Albian113.0 - 100.5USA (Oregon) Paracidaris sp. (229463)