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Extinct genus of echinoderm

Thielechinus
Temporal range: Famennian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Family: Proterocidaridae
Genus: Thielechinus
Pauly & Haude, 2024
Species: T. multiserialis
Binomial name
Thielechinus multiserialis
Pauly & Haude, 2024

Thielechinus is an extinct genus of proterocidarid echinoderm that inhabited what is now Germany during the Famennian stage of the Late Devonian epoch. It is known from a single species, T. multiserialis.

References

  1. Pauly, Luis; Haude, Reimund (25 July 2024). "New sea urchins (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) from the Famennian of Velbert (W Germany): Evidence for echinoid faunal turnover in the Late Devonian". Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments. 104 (3): 571–628. doi:10.1007/s12549-024-00612-7. ISSN 1867-1594. Retrieved 2 January 2025 – via Springer Nature Link.


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