†Echinopsis diatreta Morton 1833 (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Euechinoidea - Orthopsidae
Alternative combinations: Cidaris diatretum, Pseudodiadema diatretum
Belongs to Echinopsis according to C. W. Cooke 1959
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Cooke 1941 and Desor 1858
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: ANSP 1471, a test. Its type locality is Gloucester - Vincentown Fm, which is in a Paleocene coastal sandstone in the Vincentown Formation of New Jersey.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (4: New Jersey collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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