†Salenidia sanctipetri Geys 1979 (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae
Full reference: J. F. Geys. 1979. Salenioid echinoids from the Maastrichtian (Upper Cretaceous) of Belgium and The Netherlands. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 53:296-322
Belongs to Salenidia according to J. F. Geys 1979
Sister taxa: Salenidia bonissenti, Salenidia maestrichtensis, Salenidia schlueteri
Type specimen: KBIN 10160. Its type locality is St. Pietersberg (KBIN collection), which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate chalk in the Maastricht Formation of the Netherlands.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore
Distribution: found only at St. Pietersberg (KBIN collection)
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