Echinoidea - Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae
Full reference: E. Desor. 1858. Synopsis des échinides fossiles. Reinwald, Paris 1-490
Parent taxon: Stomechinidae according to A. B. Smith 1995
See also Fell and Pawson 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Circopeltis, Codechinus, Diplechinus, Diplotagma, Echinotiara, Jeannetia, Phymotaxis, Polycyphus, Psephechinus, Pseudarbacia, Stomechinus, Stomopneustes, Thierychinus, Tiarechinopsis, Triadechinus, Trochalosoma
Subtaxa: Phymechinus benoisti Phymechinus mirabilis Phymechinus perplexus
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Oman (3 collections)
• Jurassic of France (1), Germany (1), Switzerland (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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