†Paurocidaris Kier 1977 (pencil urchin)
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Full reference: P. M. Kier. 1977. Triassic Echinoids. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 30:1-88
Parent taxon: Cidaridea according to A. Kroh and A. B. Smith 2010
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Smith 1994
Sister taxa: Cidaridae, Ctenocidaridae, Plegiocidaris, Psychocidaridae
Subtaxa: Paurocidaris rinbianchi
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Cortina d'Ampezzo (Triassic of Italy)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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