Coelopleurus carolinensis Cooke 1941 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae

Full reference: C. W. Cooke. 1941. Cenozoic Regular Echinoids of Eastern United States. Journal of Paleontology 15(1):1-20

Belongs to Coelopleurus according to Cooke 1941

Sister taxa: Coelopleurus castroi, Coelopleurus coronaformis, Coelopleurus infulatus, Coelopleurus maculatus, Coelopleurus singularis, Murravechinus

Type specimen: USNM 166500. Its type locality is Wilmington City quarry, which is in a Bartonian deep subtidal ramp limestone in the Castle Hayne Formation of North Carolina.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (3: North Carolina collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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