†Sierradiadema Mooi and Hilton 2014 (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Diadematoida - Diadematidae
Full reference: R. Mooi and R. P. Hilton. 2014. First record and phylogenetic significance of a Jurassic diadematacean sea urchin from California. Journal of Paleontology 88(3):421-433
Parent taxon: Diadematidae according to R. Mooi and R. P. Hilton 2014
Sister taxa: Australidiadema, Centrostephanus, Diadema, Echinothrix, Eodiadema, Kierechinus, Mesodiadema, Palaeodiadema, Pedinothuria
Subtaxa: Sierradiadema kristini
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Cherokee Bar (Jurassic of California)
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