Diplocidaris is an extinct genus of sea urchins belonging to the family Diplocidaridae. The type species of this genus is Cidaris gigantea Agassiz, 1840.[2]
These slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivores [1] lived in the Jurassic period, from 161.2 to 150.8 Ma.[1] Fossils of this genus have been found in the sediments of Europe, North Africa, Madagascar.[2]
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
- Diplocidaris bernasconii Bischof, Hostettler & Menkveld-Gfeller, 2018[3]
References
- ^ a b c The Paleobiology Database
- ^ a b c Natural History Museum
- ^ 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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