†family Cravenechinidae Hawkins 1946 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Palaechinoidea - Cravenechinidae

Full reference: H. L. Hawkins. 1946. Cravenechinus, a new type of echinoid from the Carboniferous limestone. Geological Magazine 83:192-197

Parent taxon: Palechinida according to P. M. Kier 1966

Sister taxa: Palaechinidae, Wrightia, Xysteria

Subtaxa: Cravenechinus Gotlandechinus Xenechinus

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Type: Cravenechinus

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Permian of United States (1: Texas collection)

• Silurian of Sweden (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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