Nucleolites scutatus Lamarck 1816 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Irregularia - Nucleolitidae

Belongs to Nucleolites according to P. M. Kier 1962

Sister taxa: Nucleolites hori, Echinobrissus atlanticus, Echinobrissus terquemi, Echinobrissus clunicularis, Echinobrissus orbicularis, Echinobrissus lefebvrei, Echinobrissus elongatus, Echinobrissus pilensis, Echinobrissus ammonis, Echinobrissus angustatus, Echinobrissus expansus

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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