Silurocidaris (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Archaeocidaridae

Parent taxon: Archaeocidaridae according to H. B. Fell 1966

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Archaeocidaris, Eocidaris, Lepidocidaris, Nortonechinus, Polytaxicidaris, Xenocidaris

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Echinoids of the Hemse Group on Gotland (Silurian of Sweden)

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