Echinoidea - Perischoechinoidea - Lepidocentridae

Full reference: R. T. Jackson. 1912. Phylogeny of the Echini, with a revision of Palaeozoic species. Memoirs of the Boston Society of Natural History 7:1-491

Parent taxon: Lepidocentridae according to P. M. Kier 1966

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Albertechinus, Aulechinus, Deneechinus, Ectinechinus, Elliptechinus, Eothuria, Kongielechinus, Koninckocidaris, Lepidechinoides, Lepidechinus, Lepidocentrus, Myriastiches, Palaeodiscus, Porechinus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Pholidechinus in the database

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