Romanocidaris Vadet 1991 (pencil urchin)

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae

Parent taxon: Polycidaridae according to B. Hostettler and U. Menkveld-Gfeller 2015

Sister taxa: Nudicidaris, Paracidaris, Polycidaris

Subtaxa: Romanocidaris filograna Romanocidaris laeviuscula

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

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Ethiopia (1 collection), France (1), Switzerland (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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