Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Psychocidaridae
Alternative combination: Cidaris walcotti
Belongs to Tylocidaris according to C. W. Cooke 1959
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915 and Cooke 1941
Sister taxa: Tylocidaris (Sardocidaris), Tylocidaris (Tylocidaris), Tylocidaris clavigera, Tylocidaris gosae, Tylocidaris salina, Tylocidaris vexilifera, Tylocidaris windi
Type specimen: ANSP 1451, a test. Its type locality is Timber Creek - Vincentown Fm, which is in a Paleocene coastal sandstone in the Vincentown Formation of New Jersey.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (4: New Jersey collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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