†Merocidaris (pencil urchin)
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Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Psychocidaridae
Parent taxon: Psychocidaridae according to B. Hostettler et al. 2017
See also Fell 1966, Hostettler and Menkveld-Gfeller 2015 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Roseicidaridae, Roseicidaris, Tylocidaris
Subtaxa: Merocidaris propinqua
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Switzerland (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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