Acropeltis (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae

Parent taxon: Arbaciidae according to H. B. Fell and D. L. Pawson 1966

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acrosaster, Arbacia, Arbaciella, Arbia, Atopechinus, Baueria, Codiopsis, Coelopleuridae, Coelopleurus, Echinocidaris, Glypticus, Goniopygus, Hattopsis, Heteropodia, Magnosia, Noetlingaster, Pleiocyphus, Podocidaris

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (2 collections), Germany (1), Poland (1), Saudi Arabia (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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