Diplocidaridae

{{Short description|Extinct family of sea urchins}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossil range|Jurassic}}<ref name=fa>[https://www.fossilworks.org The Paleobiology Database]</ref> | image = Diplocidaridae - Diplocidaris gigantea.JPG | image_caption = Fossil inner cast of ''Diplocidaris gigantea'', on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | taxon = Diplocidaridae | authority = 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.<ref name=fa/>

==Generas== *''Diplocidaris'' <small>Desor, 1855</small> *''Tetracidaris'' <small>Cotteau, 1872</small>

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Category:Diplocidaridae Category:Oxfordian first appearances Category:Jurassic extinctions Category:Prehistoric echinoderm families

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