†Phyllacanthus carolinensis Emmonds 1858 (pencil urchin)
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Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Alternative combination: Cidaris carolinensis
Belongs to Phyllacanthus according to P. M. Kier 1980
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915 and Donovan and Clark 2015
Sister taxa: Phyllacanthus clarkei, Phyllacanthus imperialis, Phyllacanthus javanus, Phyllacanthus leoni, Phyllacanthus mitchelli, Phyllacanthus mortoni
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution: found only at South Washington (Castle Hayne LS, N. Carolina) (Eocene of North Carolina)
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