Nucleolites hori Fourtau 1921 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Irregularia - Nucleolitidae

Alternative combination: Echinobrissus hori

Belongs to Nucleolites according to G. M. El Qot 2021

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

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Gebel El Tourkumanyia, bed 3 (Cretaceous of Egypt)

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