Archaeocidaris

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Archaeocidaris
Temporal range:
Late Permian
Archaeocidaris brownwoodensis
Scientific classification
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Echinoidea
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Archaeocidaris

Archaeocidaris is an

Late Permian. Its remains have been found in Africa, Europe, and North America
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Archaeocidaris plates and spines from the Bird Spring Formation (Carboniferous) exposed in Kyle Canyon, Spring Mountains, southern Nevada.

Sources

  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 176)

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