Thielechinus

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

Last updated August 13, 2025

Thielechinus is an extinct genus of proterocidarid sea urchins that inhabited what is now Germany during the Famennian stage of the Late Devonian epoch. It is known from a single species, T. multiserialis.^[1]

References

↑ 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. Bibcode:2024PdPe..104..571P. doi: 10.1007/s12549-024-00612-7 . ISSN 1867-1594.

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[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. Bibcode:2024PdPe..104..571P. doi: 10.1007/s12549-024-00612-7 . ISSN 1867-1594.

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