†Codiopsis stephensoni Cooke 1953 (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Full reference: C. W. Cooke. 1953. American Upper Cretaceous Echinoidea. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 254-A:1-44
Belongs to Codiopsis according to C. W. Cooke 1953
Sister taxa: Codiopsis bruni, Codiopsis ciae, Codiopsis doma, Codiopsis lehmannae
Type specimen: USNM 108369. Its type locality is USGS 11347, Nueces River, which is in a Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Escondido Formation of Texas.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at USGS 11347, Nueces River
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