Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Paleopneustidae
Full reference: R. A. Henderson. 1975. Cenozoic Spatangoid Echinoids from New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 46:1-129
Belongs to Pericosmus according to R. A. Henderson 1975
Sister taxa: Pericosmus (Pericosmus), Pericosmus (Victoriaster), Pericosmus aguayoi, Pericosmus altus, Pericosmus artemisae, Pericosmus atolladosae, Pericosmus blanquizalensis, Pericosmus borraeus, Pericosmus camagueyanus, Pericosmus crawfordi, Pericosmus cubanus, Pericosmus israelskyi, Pericosmus latus, Pericosmus mortenseni, Pericosmus roigi, Pericosmus scaevus, Pericosmus valenzuelai, Pericosmus zanolettii
Type specimen: OU.4760, a test
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution: found only at K30/f8864 - Perpendicular Point [Kaiata Mudstone] (Eocene to Eocene of New Zealand)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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