†Micropedina Cotteau 1866 (sea urchin)
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Parent taxon: Hemicidaroidea according to R. Berndt 2003
See also Fell 1966, Sepkoski 2002 and Smith 1991
Sister taxa: Allomma, Colpotiara, Trochodiadema
Subtaxa: Micropedina gongilensis Micropedina olisiponensis
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Bolivia (2 collections), Brazil (4), Egypt (5), Jordan (2), Kyrgyzstan (1), Nigeria (8), Saudi Arabia (2)
Total: 24 collections including 25 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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