Echinobrissus atlanticus Kossmat 1893 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Irregularia - Nucleolitidae

Full reference: F. Kossmat. 1893. Über einige Kreideversteinerungen vom Gabun. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 102:575-590

Belongs to Echinobrissus according to F. Kossmat 1893

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

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gabun, which is in a Turonian carbonate limestone in Gabon

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Gabun

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