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Pseudodiadematidae

Pseudodiadematidae

Overview

Pseudodiadematidae Pomel, 1883

Common Name: Sea urchin

Extant/Extinct

Key morphological features: Test is generally flat and small to moderate in size. Has raised bumps that form vertical striations.

        SIZE:

Paleoecology:

        MOBILITY: Mobile

        FEEDING MODE: Deposit Feeder, Herbivore

        HABITAT: Epifaunal

Sources:

Fell, H. B. and Pawson, L. P., 1966. Systematic Descriptions, in R. C. Moore ed., Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part U, Echinodermata 3, Volume 2. The University of Kansas and Geological Society of America. 695 pp.


Genera of Pseudodiadematidae present in the Cretaceous of the Western Interior Seaway