†Prophyllacanthus (pencil urchin)
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Parent taxon: Cidaroida according to J. J., Jr. Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cidaridea, Delocidaris, Diplocidaridae, Fellius, Heterocidaridae, Hirudocidaris, Histocidaridea, Leurocidaris, Menocidaris, Mesodiadema, Mikrocidari, Minicidaris, Miocidaridae, Oedematocidaris, Palmerius, Paracidaridae, Polycidaridae, Rhabdocidaridae, Serpianotiaridae, Triadotiaridae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Jabaco FM., Cuba (Eocene of Cuba)
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