Eotiaris keyserlingi Geinitz 1848 (pencil urchin)

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Miocidaridae

Alternative combinations: Archaeocidaris keyserlingi, Cidaris keyserlingi, Eocidaris keyserlingi, Miocidaris keyserlingi

Synonyms: Archaeocidaris verneuiliana King 1848, Cidaris verneuiliana King 1848

Belongs to Eotiaris according to J. R. Thompson 2015

See also Geinitz 1861, Jackson 1912, King 1850, Kittl 1903, Lambert 1900 and Smith and Hollingworth 1990

Sister taxa: Eotiaris connorsi, Eotiaris guadalupensis

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

Distribution:

• Permian of Bosnia and Herzegovina (2 collections), Germany (2), the United Kingdom (8)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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