Bromidechinus rimaporus Smith and Savill 2001 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea

Full reference: A. B. Smith and J. J. Savill. 2001. Bromidechinus, a new Ordovician echinozoan (Echinodermata), and its bearing on the early history of echinoids . Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 92:137-147

Belongs to Bromidechinus according to A. B. Smith and J. J. Savill 2001

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: BMNH EE6607. Its type locality is Dunn Hill Quarry, Criner Hills, which is in a Blackriveran carbonate limestone/shale in the Bromide Formation of Oklahoma.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Dunn Hill Quarry, Criner Hills

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