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Rhabdocidaridae

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4976656	https://www.gbif.org/species/4976656
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	58212	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=58212

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Cidaroida : Rhabdocidaridae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Cidaroida : Rhabdocidaridae

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
family	Rhabdocidaridae	Lambert 1900

Scientific Name

Rhabdocidaridae

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Rhabdocidaridae	family	belongs to Cidaroida	stated without evidence	Grawe-Baumeister et al., 2000
Rhabdocidaridae	family	belongs to Cidaroida	stated with evidence	Smith, 2009

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (19%)

First Recorded Appearance

242 - 235 Ma
Triassic

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. Grawe-Baumeister, G. Schweigert, and G. Dietl. 2000. Echiniden aus dem Nusplinger Plattenkalk (Ober-Kimmeridgium, Südwestdeutschland). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 286:1-39

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Histocidaris genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	47.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Laurenticidaris ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	176 Ma Early Jurassic	170 Ma Middle Jurassic
Porocidaris genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Rhabdocidaris ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	125	242 Ma Middle Triassic	23.0 Ma Miocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1900	Rhabdocidaridae Lambert
2000	Rhabdocidaridae Grawe-Baumeister et al. p. 5
2005	Rhabdocidaridae Donovan et al. p. 103
2009	Rhabdocidaridae Smith
2010	Rhabdocidaridae Kroh and Smith p. 169
2015	Rhabdocidaridae Smith p. 13

References

Grawe-Baumeister J., Schweigert G., et al (2000) Echiniden aus dem Nusplinger Plattenkalk (Ober-Kimmeridgium, Südwestdeutschland), Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 286, 1-39

Donovan S. K., Portell R. W., et al (2005) Lower Miocene echinoderms of Jamaica, West Indies, Scripta Geologica 129, 91-135

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

Kroh A., Smith A. B. (2010) The phylogeny and classification of post-Palaeozoic echinoids, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8 2, 147-212 doi:10.1080/14772011003603556

Smith A. B. (2015) British Jurassic regular echinoids. Part 1, Introduction, Cidaroida, Echinothurioida, Aspidodiadematoida and Pedinoida, Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 169 644, 1-67

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

WoRMS (Mar 2013) (fossil), but also includes some extant Porocidaris spp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Kroh, A. & Smith, A.B. (2010): The phylogeny and classification of post-Palaeozoic echinoids. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology, 8/2: 147-212. - via World Register of Marine Species

Smith, A.B. 2013. Key to the genera of Rhabdocidaridae. In: Smith, A.B. & Kroh, A. (editors) The Echinoid Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication. - 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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