Sierradiadema kristini Mooi and Hilton 2014 (sea urchin)

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

Belongs to Sierradiadema according to R. Mooi and R. P. Hilton 2014

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CASG 72939, a test. Its type locality is Cherokee Bar, which is in a Callovian slope slate in the Mariposa Formation of California.

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Cherokee Bar

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