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Romanocidaris

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae

Taxonomy
Romanocidaris was named by Vadet (1991).

It was assigned to Polycidaridae by Hostettler and Menkveld-Gfeller (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Romanocidaris Vadet
2015Romanocidaris Hostettler and Menkveld-Gfeller p. 212

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
familyPolycidaridae
genusRomanocidarisVadet 1991

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.

G. †Romanocidaris Vadet 1991
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Romanocidaris filograna Agassiz 1840
Romanocidaris laeviuscula Agassiz 1840
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 Middle Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Oxfordian or 161.20000 to 155.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Ethiopia Cidaris filograna (94499)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France R. laeviuscula (163585)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland R. filograna (196410)
Middle Oxfordian - Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland R. filograna (196421)