Diplocidaridae

Diplocidaridae
Temporal range: Jurassic

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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
Subphylum: Echinozoa
Class: Echinoidea
Subclass: Cidaroidea
Family: Diplocidaridae
Gregory 1900

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]

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