†Pelanechinus (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Echinothurioida - Pelanechinidae
Synonym: Pelanodiadema
Parent taxon: Pelanechinidae according to A. B. Smith 2015
See also Fell 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Pelanodiademidae, Pseudopedina
Subtaxa: Pelanechinus corallinus
Type: Hemipedina corallina
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal carnivore
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Switzerland (1 collection), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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