Bothriocidaris

Bothriocidaris
Temporal range: Ordovician
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Bothriocidaroida
Family: Bothriocidaridae
Genus: Bothriocidaris
Eichwald, 1860

Bothriocidaris (meaning best furrow or best trench) is an extinct genus of echinoid from the Ordovician. It grew to 6 inches (150 mm) in size and fed on plankton.

Bothriocidaris globulus. from the Encyclopædia Britannica, 1911. The short spines which were attached to the tubercles are not drawn.

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