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Paracidaris florigemma

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae

Taxonomy
Cidaris florigemma was named by Phillips (1829). It is the type species of Paracidaris.

It was recombined as Paracidaris florigemma by Smith (2015), Hostettler et al. (2017) and Bischof et al. (2018).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1829Cidaris florigemma Phillips
2015Paracidaris florigemma Smith p. 30 figs. Pls 17, 18; text-figs 3E,F
2017Paracidaris florigemma Hostettler et al. p. 409 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-5; pl 2, figs 1-8
2018Paracidaris florigemma Bischof et al. p. 9 figs. Pl 1, figs 1-8

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
familyPolycidaridae
genusParacidaris
speciesflorigemma(Phillips 1829)

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.

†Paracidaris florigemma Phillips 1829
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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 Late/Upper Oxfordian to the top of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 161.20000 to 150.80000 Ma

Collections (48 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3United Kingdom (England) Paracidaris florigemma (1920)
Late/Upper Jurassic161.5 - 145.0France Paracidaris florigemma (8609)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Bedfordshire) Paracidaris florigemma (196072)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (England) Paracidaris florigemma (42337)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland (Basellandschaft) Paracidaris florigemma (196422 196423 196427 196436)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (England) Paracidaris florigemma (4087)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Dorset) Paracidaris florigemma (196065 196066)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Paracidaris florigemma (196428)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Wiltshire) Cidaris blumenbachii (196009) Paracidaris florigemma (196012 196061 196062 196063 196064 196071)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland (Jura) Paracidaris florigemma (196429 196430 196431 196433 196434 196435 196441 196460 196465 196466 196467 196468 196469)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland (Solothurn) Paracidaris florigemma (196424 196464)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Paracidaris florigemma (196069 196070)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Buckinghamshire) Paracidaris florigemma (196067)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland (Basel Landschaft) Paracidaris florigemma (196461 196462 196463)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Cambridgeshire) Paracidaris florigemma (42338)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Lorraine) Paracidaris florigemma (21273)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Berkshire) Paracidaris florigemma (196068)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) Paracidaris florigemma (42340 196008)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8France Paracidaris florigemma (101050)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Paracidaris florigemma (41817 154138)