Schizechinus Pomel 1869 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Toxopneustidae

Parent taxon: Toxopneustidae according to A. B. Smith 2009

See also Fell and Pawson 1966 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Goniopneustes, Gymnechinus, Lytechinus, Mirechinus, Nudechinus, Oligophyma, Pseudoboletia, Pseudocentrotus, Scholiechinus, Sphaerechinus, Toxopneustes

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Algeria (3 collections), Egypt (1), Morocco (1)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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