Cyphosoma (Coptosoma) singulare Böhm 1891 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Calycina - Phymosomatidae

Full reference: J. Böhm. 1891. Die Kreidebildungen des Fürbergs und Sulzbergs bei Siegsdorf in Oberbayern. Palaeontographica 38:1-106

Belongs to Cyphosoma (Coptosoma) according to J. Böhm 1891

Sister taxa: Porosoma cribrum, Porosoma fifei, Porosoma lamberti, Porosoma maeandrinum, Porosoma reesidei

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gerhardtsreiter Graben, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate marl in the Gerhardsreit Formation of Germany

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore

Distribution: found only at Gerhardtsreiter Graben

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