†Heterocidaris (pencil urchin)
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Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Heterocidaridae
Synonym: Heteroechinus Quenstedt 1874 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Heterocidaridae according to A. B. Smith 2015
See also Fell 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Heterocidaris wickensis
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Luxembourg (2), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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