Cassiduloida
Sign in to saveCassiduloida is an order of sea urchins. The group was extremely diverse with many families and species during the Mesozoic, but today, only seven extant species remain.
Species
Suborder
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassEchinoidea
- OrderEchinolampadacea
Habitatmarine
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- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Atelostomata
- Image
- Echinolampas hemisphaerica MHNT Burdigalien Bollene 84.jpg
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- Cassiduloida
- taxon name
- Cassiduloida
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- order
- topic's main category
- Category:Cassiduloida
- temporal range start
- Toarcian
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- Description and characteristics
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Cassiduloida is an order of sea urchins. The group was extremely diverse with many families and species during the Mesozoic, but today, only seven extant species remain.
A 2019 phylogenetic systematics study by Souto et al. presented a revised classification of the cassiduloids, and hypothesised that the order probably originated in the Early Cretaceous.
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