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Triassicidaris peruviensis

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Taxonomy
Triassicidaris peruviensis was named by Smith (1994). Its type specimen is USNM 398514, a partial shell (interambulacral segments), and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is 85-HN-13, Huanincocha, which is in an Alaunian/Sevatian shallow subtidal grainstone in the Chambara Formation of Peru. It is the type species of Triassicidaris.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Triassicidaris peruviensis Smith p. 186 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-8; text-fig 4

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

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.

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Diagnosis
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