Leptosalenia Smith and Wright 1990 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Salenioida - Saleniidae

Parent taxon: Saleniini according to G. M. El Qot 2021

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Smith 1991

Sister taxon: Sinaiosalenia

Subtaxa: Leptosalenia arabica Leptosalenia humei Leptosalenia sergipensis

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Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Angola (3 collections), Brazil (3), Egypt (8), Yemen (2)

Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences

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