†Goniophorus Agassiz 1838 (sea urchin)
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.
Echinoidea - Salenioida - Hyposaleniidae
Full reference: J.L.R. Agassiz. 1838. Prodromus of a monograph of the Radiata and Echinodermata. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 1:30-449
Parent taxon: Hyposaleniinae according to H. B. Fell and D. L. Pawson 1966
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Hyposalenia, Idiocidaris, Peltastes, Poropeltaris
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Switzerland (1 collection), the United Kingdom (4), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.