†Porosoma fifei Wagner 1972 (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Calycina - Phymosomatidae
Full reference: C. D. Wagner. 1972. A new Paleocene phymosomatoid echinoid from Baja California. Journal of Paleontology 46(5):651-655
Belongs to Porosoma according to C. D. Wagner 1972
Sister taxa: Porosoma cribrum, Porosoma lamberti, Porosoma maeandrinum, Porosoma reesidei, Cyphosoma (Coptosoma) singulare
Type specimen: UCMP 10782, a test (nearly complete specimen). Its type locality is El Cardon, which is in a Paleocene marine horizon in the Sepultura Formation of Mexico.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore
Distribution: found only at El Cardon
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