Gracilechinus (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinidae
Parent taxon: Echinidae according to J. Geys 1989
See also Fell and Pawson 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anapesus, Atactus, Echinus, Hypechinus, Isechinus, Paracentrotus, Psammechinus, Stirechinus, Tripneustes
Subtaxa: Gracilechinus gracilis
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Belgium (1 collection)
• Miocene of Belgium (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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