Sinaecidaris gauthieri Fourtau 1921 (pencil urchin)

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae

Belongs to Sinaecidaris according to A. B. Smith 2009

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore

Distribution: found only at Gebel Areif El-Naqa, Halal Fm, Ilymatogyra africana association (Cretaceous of Egypt)

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