†Porocidaris prior Oppenheim 1902 (pencil urchin)
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Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Full reference: P. Oppenheim. 1902. Ueber die Fossilien der Blättermergel von Theben. Sitzungsberichte der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Physikalische Klasse 32:435-456
Belongs to Porocidaris according to P. Oppenheim 1902
Sister taxa: Porocidaris lopezi, Porocidaris schmideli
Type specimen: Its type locality is Schech-Abd-el-Ourun, Thebes, which is in a Ypresian offshore shale in the Esna Formation of Egypt
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Schech-Abd-el-Ourun, Thebes
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