†Desoricidaris Geys 1992 (pencil urchin)
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Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Parent taxon: Stereocidarinae according to G. M. El Qot 2021
Sister taxa: Eucidaris, Finnacidaris, Goniocidarina, Phalacrocidaris, Sinaecidaris, Temnocidaris
Subtaxa: Desoricidaris pouyannei
Type: Rhabdocidaris pouyannei
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution: found only at Wadi El Karm (Dame section), bed 9 (Cretaceous of Egypt)
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