Diplocidaris Explained

Diplocidaris is an extinct genus of sea urchins belonging to the family Diplocidaridae. The type species of this genus is Cidaris gigantea Agassiz, 1840.^[1]

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.^[1]

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^[2]

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Notes and References

1. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/echinoid-directory/taxa/taxon.jsp?id=1059 Natural History Museum
2. 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 .