Lovenia
Genus of sea urchins / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lovenia is a genus of sea urchin that is the sister taxon to Breynia and Echinocardium.[1]
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Lovenia | |
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†Lovenia woodsi | |
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Echinoidea |
Order: | Spatangoida |
Family: | Loveniidae |
Genus: | Lovenia Gray, 1825 |
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Lovenia kerneri was described in 2020 from the Pliocene Tamiami Formation in Florida.
It is the first documented Lovenia from the Eastern United States and the largest as well as the latest member of this genus known from the Eastern America/Caribbean region.