Micropedina gongilensis Brighton 1925 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Hemicidaroida

Alternative combination: Micropedina olisiponensis gongilensis

Full reference: A. G. Brighton. 1925. On some Cretaceous echinoids from Nigeria. Geological Survey of Nigeria Occasional Paper 3:3-21

Belongs to Micropedina according to M. A. M. Abdelhamid 2014

See also Brighton 1925

Sister taxon: Micropedina olisiponensis

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Gongila (Falconer collection) (Cretaceous of Nigeria)

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