†Leiocidaris cottreaui Lambert 1930 (pencil urchin)
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Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Full reference: J. Lambert. 1930. Taxonomic names, in Note sur quelques Échinides du Soudan. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, Quatrième Série 29:471-477
Belongs to Leiocidaris according to J. Lambert 1930
Sister taxa: Leiocidaris carolinensis, Leiocidaris hemigranosus, Leiocidaris mitchelli
Type specimen: MNHN.F.J01110. Its type locality is Tinejori, which is in a Selandian/Thanetian carbonate limestone in the Teberemt Formation of Mali.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Mali (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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