Parasalenia (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Parasaleniidae
Parent taxon: Parasaleniidae according to S. Nisiyama 1966
See also Fell and Pawson 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Diplosalenia
Subtaxa: Parasalenia marianae
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Micronesia (1 collection), Northern Mariana Islands (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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