†Permocidaris forbesiana de Koninck 1863 (pencil urchin)
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Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Miocidaridae
Alternative combinations: Cidaris forbesiana, Eocidaris forbesiana, Permocidaris forbesi
Full reference: L. G. de Koninck. 1863. Descriptions of some fossils from India, discovered by Dr. A. Fleming of Edinburgh. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 19:1-19
Belongs to Permocidaris according to J. Lambert 1900
See also Clapham 2015, de Koninck 1863 and Waagen and Pichl 1885
Sister taxon: Permocidaris pakistanensis
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of Pakistan (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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