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Mooi, R., Hilton, R. P. (2014). First record and phylogenetic significance of a Jurassic diadematacean sea urchin from California. Journal of Paleontology. 88(3): 421-433.
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Mooi, R., Hilton, R. P.
2014
First record and phylogenetic significance of a Jurassic diadematacean sea urchin from California
Journal of Paleontology
88(3): 421-433
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Sierradiadema Mooi & Hilton, 2014 † (original description)
Sierradiadema kristini Mooi & Hilton, 2014 † (original description)
California for Sierradiadema kristini Mooi & Hilton, 2014 †
Holotype CASG 72939, identified as Sierradiadema kristini Mooi & Hilton, 2014
Diagnosis Being a basal member of a group that is itself not richly endowed with autapomorphies, Sierradiadema is largely ... [details] Etymology Named for the Sierra Nevada mountain region in California containing the type locality, as well as for the home ... [details] Etymology Named after Kristin Hilton, the discoverer of the fossil echinoid [details] Stratigraphy Colfax sequence of the Mariposa Formation [details] Stratigraphy Colfax sequence of the Mariposa Formation [details] Type locality Middle Fork American River drainage of the northern Sierra Nevada, California [details] |