†Pseudocidaris ellenbecki Dacque 1905 (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Euechinoidea - Hemicidaridae
Full reference: E. Dacque. 1905. Beiträge zur Geologie des Somalilandes, 2. Teil. Oberer Jura [Contributions to the geology of Somaliland, Part 2. Upper Jurassic]. Beiträge zur Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns und des Orients 17:119-160
Belongs to Pseudocidaris according to E. Dacque 1905
Sister taxa: Pseudocidaris sanctacrucensis, Pseudocidaris simulans, Pseudocidaris thurmanni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Atschabo, which is in a Kimmeridgian shallow subtidal limestone in Ethiopia
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Atschabo
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