†Rhabdocidaris copeoides Agassiz and Desor 1847 (pencil urchin)
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Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Rhabdocidaridae
Alternative combination: Dickesicidaris copeoides
Belongs to Rhabdocidaris according to B. Hostettler et al. 2017
See also Quereilhac and Guinot 2011
Sister taxa: Rhabdocidaris deubelbeissi, Rhabdocidaris fowleri, Rhabdocidaris horrida, Rhabdocidaris orbignyana, Rhabdocidaris rauraca, Rhabdocidaris sanchezi, Rhabdocidaris subcoronata, Rhabdocidaris thurmanni, Rhabdocidaris zitteli
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Egypt (1 collection), France (1), Saudi Arabia (6), Switzerland (2)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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