Bothryopneustes Fourtau 1924 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Irregularia

Synonym: Clypeobrissus Currie 1925

Full reference: R. Fourtau. 1924. Catalogue des Invertébrés fossiles de l’Egypte représentés dans les collections du Musée de Géologie au Caire. Terrains Jurassiques. Ière partie. Echinodermes. Palaeontological Series 6, Geological Survey of Egypt, Cairo 1-39

Parent taxon: Neognathostomata according to Smith 1981

See also Kier 1962 and Kier 1966

Sister taxa: Apatopygidae, Archiaciidae, Cassiduloida, Clypeasteroida, Clypeidae, Clypeolampadidae, Echinolampadoida, Nucleolitidae, Pygaulidae

Subtaxa: Bothryopneustes lamberti

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Saudi Arabia (40 collections), Tunisia (1)

Total: 41 collections including 52 occurrences

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