Diplocidaridae
Appearance
Diplocidaridae Temporal range: [1]
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Fossil inner cast of Diplocidaris gigantea, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
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Family: | Diplocidaridae Gregory 1900
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Diplocidaridae is an extinct family of sea urchins.
These slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivores lived in the Jurassic period, from 161.2 to 150.8 Ma.[1]
Generas
- Diplocidaris Desor, 1855
- Rolliericidaris
- Tetracidaris
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