Merocidaris propinqua Muenster 1826 (pencil urchin)

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Psychocidaridae

Alternative combinations: Cidaris propinqua, Cidarites propinquus

Belongs to Merocidaris according to B. Hostettler et al. 2017

See also Hostettler and Menkveld-Gfeller 2015 and Wright 1851

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Switzerland (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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