Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) Pomel 1883 (pencil urchin)

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Alternative spelling: Stereocidaris

Synonym: Typocidaris Pomel 1883

Parent taxon: Temnocidaris according to G. M. El Qot 2021

See also Donovan 1993, Fell 1966, Geys 1987, Nisiyama 1966, Sepkoski 2002, Smith 1991 and Smith 2009

Sister taxa: Temnocidaris baylei, Temnocidaris danica, Temnocidaris magnifica

Subtaxa: Stereocidaris grandis Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) malheiroi Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) proxima Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) sarracenarum Typocidaris pistillum Typocidaris sceptrifera Typocidaris serrata Typocidaris ubaghsi

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Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Australia (1)

• Miocene of Australia (1)

• Oligocene of Germany (1)

• Paleocene of Austria (1), Belgium (1), United States (1: Alabama)

• Cretaceous of Angola (1), Belgium (5), Brazil (1), the Czech Republic (5), Egypt (3), France (17), Germany (3), Hungary (1), Jamaica (1), the Netherlands (6), Portugal (3), Saudi Arabia (5), Spain (3), the United Kingdom (8), Yemen (1)

• Jurassic of Algeria (1), Armenia (1)

Total: 72 collections including 80 occurrences

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