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Diplocidaris

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Subphylum
  
Echinozoa

Subclass
  
Cidaroidea

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Echinodermata

Class
  
Echinoidea

Family
  
Diplocidaridae

Diplocidaris

Similar
  
Pseudocidaris, Goniocidaris, Hardouinia, Epiaster, Conoclypus

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.

Species

  • Diplocidaris gigantea (Agassiz, 1840)
  • Diplocidaris besairiei Lambert, 1936
  • Diplocidaris jacquemonti Lambert, 1910
  • Diplocidaris desori Wright, 1858
  • Diplocidaris dumortieri Cotteau, 1863
  • Diplocidaris gevreyi Lambert in Savin 1902

    • References

    Diplocidaris Wikipedia
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