Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Polycidaridae
Full reference: J. Grawe-Baumeister, G. Schweigert, and G. Dietl. 2000. Echiniden aus dem Nusplinger Plattenkalk (Ober-Kimmeridgium, Südwestdeutschland). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 286:1-39
Belongs to Polycidaris according to J. Grawe-Baumeister et al. 2000
Sister taxa: Polycidaris escheri, Polycidaris gygii, Polycidaris ilminsterensis, Polycidaris legayi, Polycidaris regularis, Polycidaris spinosa, Polycidaris spinulosa
Type specimen: SMNS 64267/1. Its type locality is Nusplingen quarry, unit K2, which is in a Kimmeridgian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Nusplinger Plattenkalk Formation of Germany.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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