Plesiodiadema Pomel 1883 (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Aspidodiadematoida - Aspidodiadematidae
Synonym: Eosalenia
Full reference: A. Pomel. 1883. Classification méthodique des échinides vivants et fossiles. Adolphe Jourdan, Alger 1-131
Parent taxon: Aspidodiadematidae according to A. B. Smith 2015
See also Fell 1966, Sepkoski 2002 and Smith 1995
Sister taxa: Aspidodiadema, Culozoma, Gymnotiara, Tiaridia
Subtaxa: Plesiodiadema jessoni
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (5 collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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