Echinoidea - Perischoechinoidea - Lepidocentridae
Full reference: C. W. Stearn. 1956. A new Echinoid from the Upper Devonian of Alberta. Journal of Paleontology 30:741-746
Parent taxon: Lepidocentridae according to A. Boczarowski 2001
See also Kier 1966, Sepkoski 2002 and Stearn 1956
Sister taxa: Aulechinus, Deneechinus, Ectinechinus, Elliptechinus, Eothuria, Kongielechinus, Koninckocidaris, Lepidechinoides, Lepidechinus, Lepidocentrus, Myriastiches, Palaeodiscus, Pholidechinus, Porechinus
Subtaxa: Albertechinus devonicus Albertechinus montanus
Type: Albertechinus montanus
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Givetian of Poland (3 collections)
• Devonian of Poland (35)
Total: 38 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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