Diplocidaris

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 (Agassiz, 1840)
 * Diplocidaris besairiei Lambert, 1936
 * Diplocidaris jacquemonti Lambert, 1910
 * Diplocidaris desori Wright, 1858
 * Diplocidaris dumortieri Cotteau, 1863
 * Diplocidaris gevreyi Lambert in Savin 1902
 * Diplocidaris bernasconii Bischof, Hostettler & Menkveld-Gfeller, 2018