Hemipedina perforata Wright 1851 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Pedinoida - Pedinidae

Alternative combination: Goniopygus perforatus

Full reference: T. Wright. 1851. On the Cidaridae of the Oolites, with a description of some new species of that family. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Second Series 8:241-280

Belongs to Hemipedina according to A. B. Smith 2015

See also Wright 1851

Sister taxa: Hemipedina beaugrandi, Hemipedina etheridgii, Hemipedina ferryi, Hemipedina hudsoni, Hemipedina incipiens, Hemipedina jardinii, Hemipedina taylori, Hemipedina tuberculosa, Hemipedina woodwardii

Type specimen: BMNH E1591. Its type locality is Crickley Hill (Wright collection), which is in a Murchisonae reef, buildup or bioherm limestone/marl in the Birdlip Limestone Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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