Ambipleurus Lambert 1932 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Temnopleuroida

Synonym: Medocechinus Jeannet 1935

Parent taxon: Temnopleuroida according to A. B. Smith 2009

See also Fell and Pawson 1966 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Arbacina, Asaphechinus, Cryptechinus, Gagaria, Hebertia, Micropsidia, Pentechinus, Tatechinus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Barton-on-Sea, England (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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