†Heterosalenia Cotteau (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Salenioida - Acrosaleniidae
Parent taxon: Acrosaleniidae according to S. K. Donovan 1993
See also Fell and Pawson 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acrosalenia, Holosaleniini, Milnia, Monodiadema, Polysalenia, Pseudosalenia, Recrosalenia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Jamaica (3 collections)
• Jurassic of Saudi Arabia (3)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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