Adelopneustes ernsti Smith et al. 1999 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Holectypoida

Full reference: A. B. Smith, J. Gallemí, C. H. Jeffery, G. Ernst, and P. D. Ward. 1999. Late Cretaceous-early Tertiary echinoids from northern Spain: implications for the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London (Geology) 55(2):81-137

Belongs to Adelopneustes according to A. B. Smith et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Galerites oregonensis, Adelopneustes boehmi, Adelopneustes montainvillensis, Adelopneustes akkajensis, Echinoconus rothomagensis

Type specimen: BMNH EE6134, a test

Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Adelopneustes ernsti in the database

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