†Xenechinus parvus Kier 1958 (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Palaechinoidea - Cravenechinidae
Full reference: P. M. Kier. 1958. Permian echinoids from west Texas. Journal of Paleontology 32(5):889-892
Belongs to Xenechinus according to P. M. Kier 1958
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: USNM 136486. Its type locality is USNM701a3, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains, which is in an Asselian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Neal Ranch Formation of Texas.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at USNM701a3, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains
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