Diplocidaris
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| Diplocidaris 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 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Cidaroida |
| Family: | †Diplocidaridae |
| Genus: | †Diplocidaris Desor, 1855 |
Diplocidaris is an extinct genus of sea urchins belonging to the family Diplocidaridae. The type species of this genus is Cidaris gigantea Agassiz, 1840.[2]
These slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivores [1] lived in the Jurassic period, from 161.2 to 150.8 Ma.[1] Fossils of this genus have been found in the sediments of Europe, North Africa, Madagascar.[2]
