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Paracidaridae

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Paracidaridae

Taxonomy
Paracidaridae was named by Smith (2015). Its type is Paracidaris.

It was assigned to Cidaroida by Smith (2015).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2015Paracidaridae Smith p. 28

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

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. †Paracidaridae Smith 2015
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Invalid names: Cidaris yeovilensis Wright 1858 [nomen dubium]
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 Toarcian to the top of the Kimmeridgian or 180.10000 to 152.10000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6United Kingdom (Somerset) Cidaris yeovilensis (196148)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Luxembourg Caenocidaris cucumifera (38549)
Discites171.6 - 167.7Luxembourg Caenocidaris sp. (141491)
Parkinsoni171.6 - 167.7United Kingdom Caenocidaris sp. (196147 196150)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Caenocidaris sp. (196149)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Mexico (Chihuahua) Caenocidaris cucumifera (11287)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany Caenocidaris sp. (211294)