†Porocidaris lopezi Sanchez-Roig 1953 (pencil urchin)
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Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Full reference: M. Sanchez-Roig. 1953. Nuevos Equinidos fosiles de la fauna Cubana. Anales de la Academia de Ciencias Medicas, Fisicas Y Naturales de la Habana 41:136-176
Belongs to Porocidaris according to M. Sanchez-Roig 1953
Sister taxa: Porocidaris prior, Porocidaris schmideli
Type specimen: Sanchez Roig Tipo No. 742, a test. Its type locality is Finca "Armadillo", Marroquin, Moron - Late Eocene, which is in an Eocene carbonate carbonate in Cuba.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Finca "Armadillo", Marroquin, Moron - Late Eocene
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