†Rachiosoma hondoensis Cooke 1953 (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Calycina - Phymosomatidae
Full reference: C. W. Cooke. 1953. American Upper Cretaceous Echinoidea. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 254-A:1-44
Belongs to Rachiosoma according to C. W. Cooke 1953
Sister taxa: Rachiosoma corollare, Rachiosoma mortoni
Type specimen: USNM 108371. Its type locality is USGS 7686, Hondo Creek, which is in a Maastrichtian estuary/bay sandstone in the Escondido Formation of Texas.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore
Distribution: found only at USGS 7686, Hondo Creek
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