Echinoidea - Calycina - Phymosomatidae
Full reference: A. Pomel. 1883. Classification méthodique des échinides vivants et fossiles. Adolphe Jourdan, Alger 1-131
Parent taxon: Phymosomatidae according to H. B. Fell and D. L. Pawson 1966
See also Cooke 1941 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthechinus, Actinophyma, Aeolopneustes, Cosmocyphus, Dixieus, Gauthieria, Glyptocidaris, Glyptocyphus, Hemithylus, Jacquiertia, Lambertechinus, Leptechinus, Micropsis, Narindechinus, Phymosoma, Phymosomatinae, Pleurodiadema, Plistophyma, Polyplacidia, Porosoma, Rachiosoma, Winkleria
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Nigeria (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of the United Arab Emirates (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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