Goniocidaris Desor, in Agassiz & Desor 1846 (pencil urchin)
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Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Parent taxon: Goniocidarinae according to A. B. Smith 2009
See also Fell 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Austrocidaris, Ogmocidaris, Psilocidaris, Rhopalocidaris, Schizocidaris
Subtaxa: Goniocidaris murrayensis Goniocidaris noetlingi
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (2 collections), Qatar (1)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (1)
• Cretaceous of the Netherlands (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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