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Cidaris tehamaensis

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Taxonomy
Cidaris tehamaensis was named by Clark and Twitchell (1915). Its type specimen is USNM 31195 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shelton's Ranch, which is in a Cretaceous marine horizon in the Knoxville Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Cidaris tehamaensis Clark and Twitchell p. 44 figs. Plate IX, Fig. 1
1920Cidaris tehamaensis Kew p. 54 figs. Plate .3, figure 1
1938Cidaris tehamaensis Anderson p. 92
1938Cidaris tehamaensis Grant and Hertlein p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyCidarideaGray 1825
familyCidaridae
genusCidarisLeske 1778
speciestehamaensis

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.

Cidaris tehamaensis Clark and Twitchell 1915
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Early/Lower Cretaceous or 145.00000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cretaceous145.0 - 100.5USA (California) Cidaris tehamensis (type locality: 203406)