Diplocidaris

Diplocidaris
Temporal range: Jurassic

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Fossil inner cast of Diplocidaris gigantea, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Echinozoa
Class: Echinoidea
Subclass: Cidaroidea
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. [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

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References

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