†Tripneustes (Hipponoe) californicus Kew 1914 (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinidae
Alternative combinations: Hipponoe californica, Tripneustes californicus
Full reference: W. S. W. Kew. 1914. Tertiary echinoids of the Carrizo Creek region in the Colorado Desert. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 8(5):39-60
Belongs to Tripneustes (Hipponoe) according to W. S. W. Kew 1920
See also Grant and Hertlein 1938 and Kew 1914
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: UCMP 10055, a test
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at UC 2064 - Coyote Mountain [Imperial Fm] (Pliocene of California)
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