†Cottaldia Desor 1856 (sea urchin)
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Parent taxon: Phymosomatoida according to A. B. Smith 1991
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Fell and Pawson 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Boletechinus, Diplopodiidae, Emiratiidae, Gauthiosoma, Heterodiadematidae, Leioechinus, Phymosomatidae, Polydiadematidae, Trochotiara, Zeugopleurus
Subtaxa: Cottaldia benettiae Cotteaudia
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (1 collection), Brazil (3), France (8), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 21 collections including 22 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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