Echinobrissus lefebvrei Fourtau 1914 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Irregularia - Nucleolitidae

Alternative combination: Petalobrissus lefebvrei

Belongs to Echinobrissus according to Fourtau 1914

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

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at El Midawara section, Abu Roash, Unit 3 (Cretaceous of Egypt)

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