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Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) malheiroi

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Taxonomy
Cidaris malheiroi was named by de Loriol (1888). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dombe-Grande (general), which is in an Aptian/Cenomanian marine horizon in Angola.

It was recombined as Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) malheiroi by Smith (1991).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. intermedia, T. serrata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Cidaris malheiroi de Loriol p. 97 figs. Pl 6, figs 1,5-7
1991Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) malheiroi Smith p. 18 figs. Pl 1A; text-fig 8B

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassCidaroidea(Claus 1880)
orderCidaroida()
superfamilyCidarideaGray 1825
familyCidaridae
subfamilyStereocidarinae()
genusTemnocidarisCotteau 1863
subgenusStereocidaris(Pomel 1883)
speciesmalheiroi()

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.

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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 105.30000 to 99.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian - Cenomanian125.0 - 93.9Angola Cidaris malheiroi (210865)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Brazil (Sergipe) Temnocidaris malheiroi (87857)