Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae
Full reference: V. A. Zullo, R. F. Kaar, J. W. Durham and E. C. Allison. 1964. The Echinoid genus Salenia in the Eastern Pacific. Palaeontology 7:331-349
Belongs to Salenia according to V. A. Zullo et al. 1964
Sister taxa: Salenia (Pleurosalenia), Salenia ameri, Salenia anthophora, Salenia belgica, Salenia buddyi, Salenia cascadensis, Salenia cherei, Salenia heberti, Salenia hondoensis, Salenia mexicana, Salenia microprocta, Salenia minima, Salenia novemprovincialis, Salenia nutrix, Salenia obnupta, Salenia scrippsae, Salenia scutigera, Salenia sigillata, Salenia texana, Salenia tumidula
Type specimen: Its type locality is Burn Road Bridge, Nehalem River, which is in a Priabonian marine horizon in the Keasey Formation of Oregon
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (4: Oregon collections)
• Eocene of United States (1: Oregon)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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