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Diplocidaridae

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Diplocidaridae

Taxonomy
Diplocidaridae was named by Gregory (1900). Its type is Diplocidaris.

It was assigned to Diplocidaroida by Vadet et al. (2002); and to Cidaroida by Fell (1966), Smith (2009), Kroh and Smith (2010) and Smith (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Diplocidaridae Gregory
1966Diplocidaridae Fell p. U339
2002Diplocidaridae Vadet et al.
2009Diplocidaridae Smith
2010Diplocidaridae Kroh and Smith p. 169
2015Diplocidaridae Smith p. 17

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
RankNameAuthor
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
familyDiplocidaridaeGregory 1900
familyDiplocidaridaeGregory 1900

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.

Fm. †Diplocidaridae Gregory 1900
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Diplocidaris bernasconii Bischof et al. 2018
Diplocidaris crausiensis Lambert 1900
Diplocidaris gigantea Agassiz 1840
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Invalid names: Cidaris cladifera Agassiz 1840 [synonym], Cidaris pustulifera Agassiz 1840 [synonym]
Diplocidaris undulata Agassiz 1840
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Invalid names: Diplocidaris etalloni Desor 1869 [synonym]
Invalid names: Diplocidaris desori Wright 1857 [nomen dubium], Diplocidaris wrightii Desor 1855 [nomen dubium], Rolliericidaris Vadet 1991 [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 Toarcian to the top of the Early/Lower Tithonian or 182.70000 to 145.00000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom (Somerset) Diplocidaris sp. 1 (195989)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1United Kingdom (Oxfordshire) Diplocidaris sp. 1 (195988)
Toarcian - Aalenian182.7 - 170.3United Kingdom (Somerset) Diplocidaris desori (195990)
Murchisonae175.6 - 171.6United Kingdom (England) Diplocidaris wrightii (196365)
Murchisonae175.6 - 171.6United Kingdom Diplocidaris sp. (195992)
Garantiana171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom (Somerset) Diplocidaris sp. 2 (195991)
Sauzei171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom (Dorset) Diplocidaris sp. (195993)
Sauzei171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom Diplocidaris sp. (171172)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3United Kingdom (Somerset) Diplocidaris sp. (195986)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (Wiltshire) Diplocidaris sp. (195994)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Ukraine Diplocidaris sp. (67868)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland Diplocidaris subangularis (58317)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland (Jura) Diplocidaris bernasconii (196460) Diplocidaris gigantea (196431 196470)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland (Solothurn) Diplocidaris bernasconii (196464) Diplocidaris gigantea (196424)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France (Lorraine) Rolliericidaris etalloni (21273)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Switzerland (Basellandschaft) Diplocidaris undulata, Diplocidaris gigantea (196422 196423)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal Diplocidaris gigantea (68212)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Armenia Diplocidaris gigantea (196492)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Algeria Diplocidaris gigantea (196454)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal Diplocidaris gigantea (34661)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) Diplocidaris gigantea (35262)