†Prionocidaris emiratus Smith 1995 (pencil urchin)
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Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Full reference: A. B. Smith. 1995. Late Campanian-Maastrichtian echinoids from the United Arab Emirates-Oman border region. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum (Geology Series) 51:121-240
Belongs to Prionocidaris according to A. B. Smith 1995
Sister taxa: Prionocidaris avenionensis, Prionocidaris baculosa, Prionocidaris bispinosa, Prionocidaris morgani, Prionocidaris pistillaris, Prionocidaris pseudopistillum
Type specimen: BMNH EE3431
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Prionocidaris emiratus in the database
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