†Xenechinus 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
Parent taxon: Cravenechinidae according to A. N. Solovjev 2009
See also Kier 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cravenechinus, Gotlandechinus
Subtaxa: Xenechinus parvus
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at USNM701a3, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains (Permian of Texas)
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