Tylocidaris gosae Schluter 1892 (pencil urchin)

Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Psychocidaridae

Belongs to Tylocidaris according to C. Schneider and C. Neumann 2006

Sister taxa: Tylocidaris (Sardocidaris), Tylocidaris (Tylocidaris), Tylocidaris clavigera, Tylocidaris salina, Tylocidaris vexilifera, Tylocidaris walcotti, Tylocidaris windi

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

Distribution: found only at Lengede (Ernst collection) (Cretaceous of Germany)

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