†Triassicidaris Smith 1994 (pencil urchin)
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Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Full reference: A. B. Smith. 1994. Triassic echinoids from Peru. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 233:177-202
Parent taxon: Cidaridae according to A. B. Smith 1994
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Centrocidaris, Cidarinae, Cidarini, Cidaris, Dorocidaris, Goniocidarinae, Hesperocidaris, Phyllacanthina, Prionocidaris, Rhabdocidarinae, Stereocidarinae, Stylocidarinae
Subtaxa: Triassicidaris ampezzana Triassicidaris peruviensis
Type: Triassicidaris peruviensis
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of Italy (1 collection), Peru (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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