Holectypus pealei Clark and Twitchell 1915 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Holectypoida - Holectypidae

Full reference: W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell. 1915. The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 54:1-341

Belongs to Holectypus according to W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell 1915

Sister taxa: Holectypus cragini, Holectypus montalvensis, Holectypus sarthacensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Berry Creek, which is in a Jurassic marine horizon in Wyoming

Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Berry Creek

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