Family Palaeotropidae Lambert 1896 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Palaeotropidae

Full reference: J. Lambert. 1896. Notes sur quelques Echinides Crétacés de Madagascar. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, Série 3 24:313-332

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

Sister taxa: Antillasteridae, Asterostomatidae, Brissidae, Spatangidea

Subtaxa: Palaeotropus

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Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Palaeotropidae in the database

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