Rhabdocidaris subcoronata Münster 1841 (pencil urchin)

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Rhabdocidaridae

Alternative combination: Cidaris subcoronata

Full reference: G. Münster. 1841. Beiträge zur Geognosie und Petrefacten-Kunde des südöstlichen Tirols vorzüglich der Schichten von St. Cassian. II. Beschreibung und Abbildung der in den Kalkmergelschichten von St. Cassian gefunden Versteinerungen. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 4:25-152

Belongs to Rhabdocidaris according to G. C. Laube 1865

See also Münster 1841

Sister taxa: Rhabdocidaris copeoides, Rhabdocidaris deubelbeissi, Rhabdocidaris fowleri, Rhabdocidaris horrida, Rhabdocidaris orbignyana, Rhabdocidaris rauraca, Rhabdocidaris sanchezi, Rhabdocidaris thurmanni, Rhabdocidaris zitteli

Type specimen: Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

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

Distribution:

• Triassic of Italy (8 collections)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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