Archaeocidaris wartellei Mansuy 1912 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Archaeocidaridae

Full reference: H. Mansuy. 1912. Mission du Laos. I. Géologie des environs de Luang-Prabang. Mémoires du Service Géologique de l'Indochine 1(4):1-32

Belongs to Archaeocidaris according to H. Mansuy 1912

Sister taxa: Archaeocidaris ladina, Archaeocidaris selwyni, Echinocrinus trudifer, Echinocrinus dininnii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pong-Oua, near Luang Prabang, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Laos

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Pong-Oua, near Luang Prabang

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