Echinoidea - Calycina - Phymosomatidae
Alternative combination: Cyphosoma binexile
Belongs to Phymosoma according to A. B. Smith 1991
See also Maury 1936
Sister taxa: Phymosoma baylei, Phymosoma corneti, Phymosoma dixie, Phymosoma gehrdenense, Phymosoma gigantea, Phymosoma hexoaporum, Phymosoma hilli, Phymosoma maastrichtensis, Phymosoma peloria, Phymosoma princeps, Cyphosoma canali, Cyphosoma riograndensis, Cyphosoma volanum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lastro, perto de Maroim, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Riacheulo Formation of Brazil
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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