Xenechinus Kier 1958 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Palaechinoidea - Cravenechinidae

Full reference: P. M. Kier. 1958. Permian echinoids from west Texas. Journal of Paleontology 32(5):889-892

Parent taxon: Cravenechinidae according to A. N. Solovjev 2009

See also Kier 1966 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cravenechinus, Gotlandechinus

Subtaxa: Xenechinus parvus

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Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at USNM701a3, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains (Permian of Texas)

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