Diplocidaris is an extinct genus of sea urchins belonging to the family Diplocidaridae. The type species of this genus is Cidaris gigantea Agassiz, 1840.
These slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivores lived in the Jurassic period, from 161.2 to 150.8 Ma. Fossils of this genus have been found in the sediments of Europe, North Africa, Madagascar.
Species
- Diplocidaris gigantea <small>(Agassiz, 1840)</small>
- Diplocidaris besairiei <small>Lambert, 1936</small>
- Diplocidaris jacquemonti <small>Lambert, 1910</small>
- Diplocidaris desori <small>Wright, 1858</small>
- Diplocidaris dumortieri <small>Cotteau, 1863</small>
- Diplocidaris gevreyi <small>Lambert in Savin 1902</small>
- Diplocidaris bernasconii <small>Bischof, Hostettler & Menkveld-Gfeller, 2018</small>
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