Archaeocidaris
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| Archaeocidaris brownwoodensis | |
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| Class: | Echinoidea
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| Genus: | Archaeocidaris
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Archaeocidaris is an extinct genus of echinoid that lived from the Late Devonian to the Late Permian. Its remains have been found in Africa, Europe, and North America.
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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- Devonian echinoderms
- Carboniferous echinoderms
- Permian echinoderms
- Paleozoic animals of Africa
- Paleozoic echinoderms of Europe
- Paleozoic echinoderms of North America
- Prehistoric echinoid genera
- Cidaroida genera
- Late Devonian first appearances
- Late Devonian animals
- Lopingian genus extinctions
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