Temnocidaris

{{Short description|Extinct genus of sea urchins}}

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| name = Temnocidaris

| fossil_range = Late Cretaceous-Paleocene

| image = Temnocidaris.jpg

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| image_caption = Temnocidaris danica fossil at the Geological Museum, Copenhagen

| regnum = Animalia

| phylum = Echinodermata

| classis = Echinoidea

| subclassis = Euechinoidea

| ordo = Cidaroida

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| genus = Temnocidaris

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| subdivision_ranks = Species

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Temnocidaris is an extinct genus of echinoids that lived from the Late Cretaceous to the Paleocene. Its remains have been found in Europe and North America.

Sources

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  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 177)