Hemipedina tuberculosa Wright 1855 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Pedinoida - Pedinidae

Belongs to Hemipedina according to A. B. Smith 2015

Sister taxa: Hemipedina beaugrandi, Hemipedina etheridgii, Hemipedina ferryi, Hemipedina hudsoni, Hemipedina incipiens, Hemipedina jardinii, Hemipedina perforata, Hemipedina taylori, Hemipedina woodwardii

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lyneham (BMNH collection), which is in an Oxfordian carbonate limestone in the Coralline Oolite Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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