Diplocidaris

Diplocidaris
Temporal range: Jurassic
Fossil inner cast of Diplocidaris gigantea, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Cidaroida
Family: †Diplocidaridae
Genus: †Diplocidaris
Desor, 1855

Diplocidaris is an extinct genus of sea urchins belonging to the family Diplocidaridae. The type species of this genus is Cidaris gigantea Agassiz, 1840.

These slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivores lived in the Jurassic period, from 161.2 to 150.8 Ma. Fossils of this genus have been found in the sediments of Europe, North Africa, Madagascar.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 The Paleobiology Database
  2. 1 2 3 Natural History Museum
  3. ↑ Eva A. Bischof; Bernhard Hostettler; Ursula Menkveld-Gfeller (2018). "The cidaroids from the Middle Oxfordian St-Ursanne Formation of the Swiss Jura Mountains". Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève. 37 (1): 1–27.


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