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Austrocidaris

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2278801	https://www.gbif.org/species/2278801
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	32786	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=32786

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Cidaroida : Cidaridae : Austrocidaris

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Cidaroida : Austrocidaris

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata	Klein 1754
subphylum	Echinozoa	von Zittel 1895
class	Echinoidea
subclass	Cidaroidea
order	Cidaroida
superfamily	Cidaridea	Gray 1825
subfamily	Goniocidarinae
genus	Austrocidaris	H.L.Clark 1907

Scientific Name

Austrocidaris H.L.Clark, 1907

Name Published In

Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard, 51

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Austrocidaris	genus	belongs to Ctenocidarinae	stated without evidence	Fell, 1966
Austrocidaris	genus	belongs to Cidaroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Austrocidaris	genus	belongs to Goniocidarinae	stated with evidence	Smith, 2009

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene

Environment

marine (based on Cidaroida)

Motility

slow-moving (based on Cidaroida)

Vision

limited (based on Echinoidea)

Diet

grazer, omnivore (based on Cidaroida)

Reproduction

dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Cidaroida)

Ontogeny

accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)

Taphonomy

high Mg calcite (based on Cidaroida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Austrocidaris canaliculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Austrocidaris lorioli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Austrocidaris operta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Austrocidaris pawsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Austrocidaris seymourensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Austrocidaris spinulosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1907	Austrocidaris Clark p. 212
1966	Austrocidaris Fell p. U323
2002	Austrocidaris Sepkoski, Jr.
2009	Austrocidaris Smith

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Fell H. B. (1966) Cidaroids, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology,Part U Echinodermata 3. The Geological Society of America and The University of Kansas Press 1, U312-U339

Smith A. B. (2009) Classification of the Echinoidea, Online database

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard, 51 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

David, B., T. Choné, A. Festeau & C. de Ridder (2004). Antarctic Echinoids, an Interactive Database. Editions Universitaires Dijon. Cd Rom. - via World Register of Marine Species

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. - via World Register of Marine Species

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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