†Dicyclocidaris Fell 1950 (pencil urchin)
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Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Miocidaridae
Full reference: H. B. Fell. 1950. A Triassic echinoid from New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 78:83-85
Parent taxon: Miocidaridae according to P. M. Kier 1977
See also Fell 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anaulocidaris, Aplocidaris, Couvelardicidaris, Eotiaris, Miocidaris, Pachycidaris, Panniericidaris, Permocidaris, Procidaris
Subtaxa: Dicyclocidaris denticulata
Type: Dicyclocidaris denticulata
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution:
• Triassic of New Zealand (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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