Palaechinus (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Palaechinoidea - Palaechinidae

Parent taxon: Palaechinidae according to P. M. Kier 1966

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Lovenechinus, Maccoya, Melonechinus, Oligoporus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Defence blocks at Barton-on-Sea, Hampshire, souther England (Carboniferous of the United Kingdom)

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