Hemicidaris
Appearance
Hemicidaris Temporal range: Middle Jurassic-Early Cretaceous
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Hemicidaris intermedia fossil from France in Cosmocaixa, Barcelona. | |
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Genus: | Hemicidaris Agassiz, 1838
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Hemicidaris is an extinct genus of echinoids that lived from the Middle Jurassic to the Early Cretaceous. Its remains have been found in Africa, Asia, and Europe.
Sources
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 178)
External links
- Hemicidaris in the Paleobiology Database
Categories:
- Hemicidaroida
- Prehistoric echinoid genera
- Jurassic echinoderms
- Cretaceous echinoderms
- Prehistoric echinoderms of Africa
- Prehistoric echinoderms of Asia
- Prehistoric echinoderms of Europe
- Middle Jurassic genus first appearances
- Early Cretaceous genus extinctions
- Fossil taxa described in 1838
- Echinoidea stubs
- Prehistoric echinoderm stubs