Archaeocidaris

Template:Short description Template:Italic title Template:Taxobox/core Template:Sister project 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.

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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)

External links

• Archaeocidaris in the Paleobiology Database

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