†family Tithoniidae Solovjev 1966 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Irregularia - Tithoniidae

Full reference: A. N. Solovjev. 1966. Morphology and evolution Collyritidae and Disasteridae and the Systematics of sea urchins of the order Spatangoida [in Russian]. Proceedings of the 12th USSR Palaeontological Society. Leningrad 45-46

Parent taxon: Atelostomata according to A. Kroh and A. B. Smith 2010

See also Barras 2007

Sister taxa: Acrolusiidae, Asternata, Aulacopygus, Collyritidae, Disasteridae, Holasteroida, Notidisaster, Orbigniana, Pycnasterides, Spatangoida, Sternata

Subtaxa: Tetraromania Tithonia

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Type: Tithonia

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Antarctica (3 collections), Hungary (2)

• Jurassic of France (1), Poland (1)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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