†Rhabdocidaris orbignyana Agassiz 1840 (pencil urchin)
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Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Rhabdocidaridae
Alternative combination: Cidaris orbignyana
Synonym: Rhabdocidaris caprimontana Desor 1861
Belongs to Rhabdocidaris according to M. Benest et al. 1994
Sister taxa: Rhabdocidaris copeoides, Rhabdocidaris deubelbeissi, Rhabdocidaris fowleri, Rhabdocidaris horrida, Rhabdocidaris rauraca, Rhabdocidaris sanchezi, Rhabdocidaris subcoronata, Rhabdocidaris thurmanni, Rhabdocidaris zitteli
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (4 collections), Poland (5), Saudi Arabia (1)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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