Metaporinus (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Irregularia - Disasteridae

Alternative spelling: Metaporhinus

Parent taxon: Disasterinae according to W. Jesionek-Szymanska 1963

See also Gaillard et al. 2011, Sepkoski 2002 and Wagner and Durham 1966

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Echinoidea, Calcaires rouges, Pintheregy, Zirc, Bakony (Cretaceous of Hungary)

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