†Coelopleurus carolinensis Cooke 1941 (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Full reference: C. W. Cooke. 1941. Cenozoic Regular Echinoids of Eastern United States. Journal of Paleontology 15(1):1-20
Belongs to Coelopleurus according to Cooke 1941
Sister taxa: Coelopleurus castroi, Coelopleurus coronaformis, Coelopleurus infulatus, Coelopleurus maculatus, Coelopleurus singularis, Murravechinus
Type specimen: USNM 166500. Its type locality is Wilmington City quarry, which is in a Bartonian deep subtidal ramp limestone in the Castle Hayne Formation of North Carolina.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (3: North Carolina collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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