Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Parent taxon: Cidaridae according to S. K. Donovan et al. 2005
See also Fell 1966, Nisiyama 1966, Ragaini 1994, Sepkoski 2002, Smith 1991 and Smith 1995
Sister taxa: Centrocidaris, Cidarinae, Cidarini, Cidaris, Dorocidaris, Goniocidarinae, Hesperocidaris, Phyllacanthina, Rhabdocidarinae, Stereocidarinae, Stylocidarinae, Triassicidaris
Subtaxa: Prionocidaris avenionensis Prionocidaris baculosa Prionocidaris bispinosa Prionocidaris emiratus Prionocidaris morgani Prionocidaris pistillaris Prionocidaris pseudopistillum
Type: Cidarites pistillaris
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Australia (2 collections), Japan (1)
• Miocene of Brazil (3), Egypt (2), Italy (8), Jamaica (1), San Marino (3), United States (2: Florida)
• Oligocene of India (1), Jamaica (1), United States (2: Georgia, Texas)
• Eocene of Cuba (2)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1), France (3), Germany (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of Tunisia (1)
Total: 36 collections including 37 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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