Archaeocidaris selwyni Etheridge Jr. 1892 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Archaeocidaridae

Full reference: R. Etheridge Jr. 1892. A monograph of the Carboniferous and Permo-Carboniferous invertebrata of New South Wales, Part II. Echinodermata, Annelida and Crustacea. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of New South Wales, Palaeontology 5:65-131

Belongs to Archaeocidaris according to R. T. Jackson 1912

See also Etheridge 1892

Sister taxa: Archaeocidaris ladina, Archaeocidaris wartellei, Echinocrinus trudifer, Echinocrinus dininnii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Nowra, Shoalhaven River, Co. St. Vincent, which is in a Wordian coastal sandstone in the Nowra Formation of Australia.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Permian of Australia (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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