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Rhabdocidaris ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4875987	https://www.gbif.org/species/4875987
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	32831	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=32831

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Cidaroida : Rhabdocidaridae : Rhabdocidaris

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Cidaroida : Rhabdocidaridae : Rhabdocidaris

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
genus	Rhabdocidaris	Desor 1855

Scientific Name

Rhabdocidaris Desor, 1855

Name Published In

Syn. Ech., 2, 39 (also as Rabdocidaris).

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Rhabdocidaris	genus	belongs to Cidaridae	stated with evidence	de Loriol, 1872
Rhabdocidaris	genus	belongs to Rhabdocidarinae	stated without evidence	Fell, 1966
Rhabdocidaris	genus	belongs to Cidaroida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Rhabdocidaris	genus	belongs to Polycidaridae	stated without evidence	Hostettler and Menkveld-Gfeller, 2015
Rhabdocidaris	genus	belongs to Rhabdocidaridae	stated with evidence	Smith, 2015

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

242 - 235 Ma
Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene

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
Cidaris subcoronata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Dickesicidaris copeoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris abbatei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris arginensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris bigoti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris boehmi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris bonolai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris brasiliensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris buraganensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris chouberti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris copeoides ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		10	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Rhabdocidaris cotteaui species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris cristata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris crussolensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris desori species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris deubelbeissi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	161 Ma Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Rhabdocidaris ehmanni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris ferryi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris fowleri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	176 Ma Early Jurassic	170 Ma Middle Jurassic
Rhabdocidaris gaillardoti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris gauthieri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris geryvillensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris guttata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris horrida ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	176 Ma Early Jurassic	172 Ma Middle Jurassic
Rhabdocidaris janitoris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris kisombyensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris lahuseni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris major species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris mayri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris nunlisti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris orbignyana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		10	164 Ma Middle Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Rhabdocidaris orbignyiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris pavimentatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris rauraca ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	161 Ma Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Rhabdocidaris reginae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris sanchezi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Rhabdocidaris schneideri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris schweinfurthi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris stingelini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris subcoronata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		8	242 Ma Middle Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Rhabdocidaris subvenulosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris thomasi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris thurmanni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Rhabdocidaris tournali species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris turbeti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris virgata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rhabdocidaris yailensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Callaudicidaris Vadet, 1991	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Cidaroida : Rhabdocidaridae : *Callaudicidaris*
Rhabdocrinus Wright, 1944	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Cidaroida : Rhabdocidaridae : *Rhabdocrinus*
Dickesicidaris Vadet, 1988	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Cidaroida : Rhabdocidaridae : *Dickesicidaris*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1872	Rabdocidaris de Loriol
1966	Rhabdocidaris Fell p. U328
1988	Dickesicidaris Vadet p. 136
1991	Callaudicidaris Vadet
2002	Rhabdocidaris Sepkoski, Jr.
2015	Rhabdocidaris Hostettler and Menkveld-Gfeller p. 214
2015	Rhabdocidaris Smith p. 13
2017	Rhabdocidaris Hostettler et al. p. 418
2018	Rhabdocidaris Bischof et al. p. 16

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

Hostettler B., Menkveld-Gfeller U. (2015) Die Cidariden (Echinoidea, Echinodermata) der Wildegg-Formation (mittleres Oxfordien, Schweizer Jura), Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 34, 195-233

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

Hostettler B., Bernasconi G., et al (2017) Die Cidaroiden (Echinoidea, Echinodermata) des Sornetan-und des Liesberg-Members der Bärschwil-Formation (mittleres Oxfordien, Nordwestschweizer Jura), Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 36, 403-432

Bischof E. A., Hostettler B., et al (2018) The cidaroids from the Middle Oxfordian St-Ursanne Formation of the Swiss Jura Mountains, Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 37, 1-27

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

Syn. Ech., 2, 39 (also as Rabdocidaris). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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