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Cidaris roemeri

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Taxonomy
Cidaris roemeri was named by Wissmann (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was considered a nomen dubium by Kier (1977).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Cidaris roemeri Wissmann p. 47 figs. Pl 4, fig 3
1845Cidaris globifera Klipstein p. 271 figs. Pl 18, fig 9
1855Cidaris tyrolensis Desor p. 20 figs. Pl 2, fig 7
1865Cidaris roemeri Laube p. 67 figs. Pl 10, fig 1
2023Cidaris roemeri Jaselli and Pieroni p. 278 fig. 6a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
RankNameAuthor
classEchinoidea()
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyCidarideaGray 1825
familyCidaridae
genusCidarisLeske 1778
speciesroemeri

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Cidaris roemeri Wissmann 1841
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Invalid names: Cidaris globifera Klipstein 1845 [synonym], Cidaris tyrolensis Desor 1855 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: grazero
Diet 2: omnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:08:25
Modified: 2009-12-13 03:42:21
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Anisian to the top of the Julian or 247.20000 to 232.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Hungary (northeastern Hungary) Cidaris roemeri (56801)
Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Italy Cidaris roemeri (175096)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Spain Cidaris roemeri (73477)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Italy (Trentino) Cidaris roemeri (44953)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy (South Tyrol) Cidaris roemeri (205157)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy (Venezia) Cidaris roemeri (56706)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Cidaris roemeri (69652 type locality: 137429)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Slovenia Cidaris roemeri (195833)