†Lenticidaris utahensis Kier 1968 (pencil urchin)
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Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Triadotiaridae
Full reference: P. M. Kier. 1968. The Triassic echinoids of North America. Journal of Paleontology 42(4):1000-1006
Belongs to Lenticidaris according to P. M. Kier 1977
See also Kier 1968
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM S5088, a test. Its type locality is USNM 9342, 9 Miles Southwest of St. George, which is in a Spathian marine sandstone in the Virgin Formation of Utah.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (9: Utah collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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