†Procidaris (pencil urchin)
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Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Miocidaridae
Parent taxon: Miocidaridae according to A. B. Smith 2015
See also Fell 1966, Sepkoski 2002 and Thompson 2015
Sister taxa: Anaulocidaris, Aplocidaris, Couvelardicidaris, Dicyclocidaris, Eotiaris, Miocidaris, Pachycidaris, Panniericidaris, Permocidaris
Subtaxa: Procidaris edwardsii Procidaris lobatum
Type: Cidaris edwardsii
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (2 collections), the United Kingdom (14)
• Triassic of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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