Lepidocidaris Meek and Worthen 1873 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Archaeocidaridae

Full reference: F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. 1873. Descriptions of invertebrates from the Carboniferous System. Illinois Geological Survey 5(2):321-619

Parent taxon: Archaeocidaridae according to H. B. Fell 1966

Sister taxa: Archaeocidaris, Eocidaris, Nortonechinus, Polytaxicidaris, Silurocidaris, Xenocidaris

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Lepidocidaris in the database

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