†Pyrina Desmoulins (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Echinoneoida - Echinoneidae
Parent taxon: Echinoneidae according to W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell 1915
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amblypygus, Echinoneus, Paleoechinoneus, Pygoyrina, Rhopostoma
Subtaxa: Pyrina montainvillensis Pyrina parahybensis Pyrina parryi
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (1 collection), France (8), Hungary (4), Portugal (7), Switzerland (9), Turkey (1), United States (2: Texas)
Total: 32 collections including 34 occurrences
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