Centrostephanus (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Diadematoida - Diadematidae
Parent taxon: Diadematidae according to H. B. Fell 1966
See also Grant and Hertlein 1938 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Australidiadema, Diadema, Echinothrix, Eodiadema, Kierechinus, Mesodiadema, Palaeodiadema, Pedinothuria, Sierradiadema
Subtaxa: Centrostephanus coronata Centrostephanus habanensis
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Miocene of Cuba (1 collection), Spain (1), United States (1: California)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1), the Netherlands (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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