†Hyposalenia Desor 1858 (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Salenioida - Hyposaleniidae
Full reference: E. Desor. 1858. Synopsis des échinides fossiles. Reinwald, Paris 1-490
Parent taxon: Hyposaleniinae according to H. B. Fell and D. L. Pawson 1966
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Goniophorus, Idiocidaris, Peltastes, Poropeltaris
Subtaxa: Hyposalenia heliophora
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Austria (1 collection), the Netherlands (1)
• Cretaceous of the Dominican Republic (1), France (22), Morocco (2), Turkmenistan (1), the United Kingdom (9)
Total: 37 collections including 40 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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