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Anisocidaris bouchardii

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae

Taxonomy
Cidaris bouchardii was named by Wright (1851). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Crickley Hill (Wright collection), which is in a Murchisonae reef, buildup or bioherm limestone/marl in the Birdlip Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Anisocidaris bouchardii by Smith (2015).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Cidaris bouchardii Wright
1875Cidaris caumonti Cotteau
2015Anisocidaris bouchardii Smith p. 24 figs. Pl 10; text-fig 3M,N

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
familyPolycidaridae
genusAnisocidaris
speciesbouchardii(Wright 1851)

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.

Anisocidaris bouchardii Wright 1851
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Invalid names: Cidaris caumonti Cotteau 1875 [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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Aalenian to the top of the Murchisonae or 174.10000 to 171.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Murchisonae175.6 - 171.6United Kingdom (England) Anisocidaris bouchardii (77240) Cidaris bouchardii (type locality: 196365)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Anisocidaris bouchardii (159751)