Echinoidea - Pedinoida - Pedinidae
Full reference: A. B. Smith and J. A. Crame. 2012. Echinoderm faunas from the Lower Cretaceous (Aptian–Albian) of Alexander Island, Antarctica. Palaeontology 55(2):305-325
Belongs to Hemipedina according to A. B. Smith and J. A. Crame 2012
Sister taxa: Hemipedina beaugrandi, Hemipedina etheridgii, Hemipedina ferryi, Hemipedina hudsoni, Hemipedina incipiens, Hemipedina jardinii, Hemipedina perforata, Hemipedina tuberculosa, Hemipedina woodwardii
Type specimen: BAS KG1616.9. Its type locality is KG.1616, Tethys Nunatak, southern end, which is in an Albian marine siliciclastic in the Neptune Glacier Formation of Antarctica.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at KG.1616, Tethys Nunatak, southern end
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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