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Prionocidaris

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Taxonomy
Prionocidaris was named by Agassiz (1863) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 865]. It is extant. Its type is Cidarites pistillaris.

It was assigned to Stylocidarinae by Nisiyama (1966); to Rhabdocidarinae by Fell (1966); to Phyllacanthina by Smith (1995); to Cidaroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cidaridae by Smith (1991), Ragaini (1994) and Donovan et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Prionocidaris Agassiz
1966Prionocidaris Fell p. U330
1966Prionocidaris Nisiyama p. 162
1991Prionocidaris Smith p. 15
1994Prionocidaris Ragaini p. 289
1995Prionocidaris Smith p. 131
2002Prionocidaris Sepkoski
2005Prionocidaris Donovan et al. p. 102

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyCidarideaGray 1825
familyCidaridae
genusPrionocidarisAgassiz 1863

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. Prionocidaris Agassiz 1863
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†Prionocidaris avenionensis Des Moulins 1837
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Invalid names: Cidaris verticillum Mazzetti and Pantanelli 1885 [synonym]
†Prionocidaris baculosa Lamarck 1816
†Prionocidaris bispinosa Lamarck 1816
†Prionocidaris emiratus Smith 1995
†Prionocidaris morgani Gauthier 1902
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 Callovian to the top of the Holocene or 166.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 157.3 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Tunisia P. sp. (13904)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France P. spinosissima (59813)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3United Kingdom P. granulostriata (59713)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil P. sp. (195722)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6France P. sp. (3736)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5Germany P. pseudopistillum (178204)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6France P. sp. (59776)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Spain P. sp. (3772)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Cuba (all) P. loveni (8210)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Cuba (Pinar del Rio) P. loveni (8209)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Georgia) P. sp. (90567)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Jamaica P. spinidentatus (7214)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03India P. sp. (152420)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Texas) P. cojimarensis (69932)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.03 - 15.97Italy (Sardinia) P. sp. (187424 187426 187428)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) P. sp. (65162 112577 112590)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Italy P. sismondai (96233)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Jamaica P. sp. (69729)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) P. cookei (35018)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97San Marino P. avenionensis (209200 209203)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Egypt P. avenionensis (47993 47998)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Italy (Sardinia) P. sp. (187431)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Italy Cidaris verticillum (209205) P. avenionensis (209201 209206)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62San Marino P. avenionensis (209204)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608USA (Florida) P. cookei (35019)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan P. baculosa, P. bispinosa (190826)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (New South Wales) P. sp. (184900 184901)