†Gentilia (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Irregularia - Archiaciidae
Synonym: Thomasaster Lambert 1920
Parent taxon: Archiaciidae according to P. M. Kier 1966
See also Kier 1962 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acriaster, Archiacia
Subtaxa: Gentilia syriensis
Type: Gentilia syriensis
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (2 collections), Saudi Arabia (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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