†Paleopneustes holmani Grant and Hertlein 1938 (heart urchin)
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Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Paleopneustidae
Full reference: U. S. Grant and L. G. Hertlein. 1938. The West American Cenozoic Echinoidea. Publications of the University of California at Los Angeles in Mathematical and Physical Sciences 2:1-225
Belongs to Paleopneustes according to U. S. Grant and L. G. Hertlein 1938
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Standard Oil Company well, Temple 19, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in the Repetto Formation of California
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution: found only at Standard Oil Company well, Temple 19
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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