Echinoidea - Holectypoida - Holectypidae
Full reference: J. Lambert. 1900. Étude sur quelques échinides de l’infra-Lias et du Lias. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Historiques et Naturelles de l’Yonne 53(2):3-57
Parent taxon: Holectypoida according to A. Kroh and A. B. Smith 2010
See also Berndt 2003, Donovan 1993, Nisiyama 1966, Smith 1991, Smith 1995 and Wagner and Durham 1966
Sister taxa: Anorthopygidae, Coenholectypidae, Conoclypina, Discoididae, Duperieria, Echinogalerus, Galerites, Holectypina, Neoglobator
Subtaxa: Coenholectypus Coptodiscus Discholectypus Holectypus Metholectypus
Type: Holectypus
Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (2 collections)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (3), Bolivia (1), Brazil (6), Cameroon (1), the Dominican Republic (1), Egypt (29), France (65), Hungary (3), Israel (1), Jamaica (2), Japan (1), Jordan (2), Mexico (5), the Netherlands (1), Oman (6), Peru (2), Portugal (12), Saudi Arabia (2), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (8), Switzerland (6), Turkey (1), the United Arab Emirates (1), United States (1: Texas), Yemen (1)
• Jurassic of Algeria (2), Armenia (1), China (1), France (1), Germany (2), Iran (1), Jordan (1), Madagascar (2), Poland (8), Saudi Arabia (17), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (2), United States (2: Texas, Wyoming), Yemen (1)
Total: 207 collections including 221 occurrences