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Contributed by Andrew Smith, August 2011

Romanocidaris Vadet, 1991, p. 117

Diagnostic Features
  • Spine shaft ornamented with fine thorns arranged in lines
Distribution Middle to Upper Jurassic (Bajocian - Oxfordian), western Europe
Name gender feminine
Type Romanocidaris radeti Vadet, 1991, p. 118 by original designation.
Species Included
  • R. radeti Vadet, 1991; Callovian, France
  • R. dieti Vadet, 1991; Bajocian, Germany
  • R. pseudofilogramma Nicolleau & Vadet, 1995; Oxfordian, France
Classification and/or Status Cidaroid; Cidaridae incertae sedis. 

Taxon based on spine morphology which is undiagnostic.
Remarks Vadet, A. 1991, Revision des du Lias et du Dogger Europeens. Memoires de la Societe academique du Boulonnais 10, 1-175.