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Plegiocidaris

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Plegiocidaris
Temporal range: Triassic-Early Cretaceous
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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)