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Gauthieria batnensis (Cotteau, 1864, p. 593)

[Cyphosoma batnensis Cotteau, 1864, p. 593]

Distribution	Turonian, Upper Cretaceous, North Africa
Type	Holotype: University of Lyon Palaeontological Collections EM40482
Classification and/or Status	Species of Gauthieria
Remarks	This species has the ambulacral plating of a Gauthieria and differs from the type species most obviously in having a much less sunken peristome. Cotteau, G. 1864. Paleontologie Francaise, Terrain Cretace VII, Echinides. V. Masson, Paris.