†Nucleolites scutatus Lamarck 1816 (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Irregularia - Nucleolitidae
Belongs to Nucleolites according to P. M. Kier 1962
Sister taxa: Nucleolites hori, Echinobrissus ammonis, Echinobrissus angustatus, Echinobrissus pilensis, Echinobrissus expansus, Echinobrissus clunicularis, Echinobrissus lefebvrei, Echinobrissus terquemi, Echinobrissus elongatus, Echinobrissus atlanticus, Echinobrissus orbicularis
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (9 collections), Germany (1), the United Kingdom (31)
Total: 41 collections each including a single occurrence
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