†Gymnocidaris Agassiz 1838 (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Euechinoidea - Hemicidaridae
Full reference: J.L.R. Agassiz. 1838. Prodromus of a monograph of the Radiata and Echinodermata. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1:30-449
Parent taxon: Hemicidaridae according to A. A. Addi et al. 1998
See also Fell and Pawson 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Asterocidaris, Cidaropsis, Eurypneustes, Hemicidaris, Hemitiaris, Hessotiara, Leptarbacia, Plesiocidaris, Pseudocidaris, Sphaerotiaris
Subtaxa: Gymnocidaris cossmanni Gymnocidaris pustulosa
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (2 collections), Germany (2), Morocco (3), Poland (5)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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