Plegiocidaris

Plegiocidaris
Temporal range: Triassic-Early Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Subclass: Euechinoidea
Order: Cidaroida
Genus: Plegiocidaris
Pomel 1883

Plegiocidaris is an extinct genus of echinoids that lived from the Triassic to the Early Cretaceous. Its remains have been found in Asia and Europe. It was named by the paleontologist Auguste Pomel

Sources

    • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 175)


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