Echinoidea - Perischoechinoidea - Lepidocentridae

Parent taxon: Lepidocentridae according to P. M. Kier 1966

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Albertechinus, Deneechinus, Ectinechinus, Elliptechinus, Eothuria, Kongielechinus, Koninckocidaris, Lepidechinoides, Lepidechinus, Lepidocentrus, Myriastiches, Palaeodiscus, Pholidechinus, Porechinus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Locality 5. “Starfish Bed,” small cliff above S. bank of Lady Burn River, 100 meters south of South Treave Farmhouse, Thraive Glen, Girvan (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)

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