†Dixieus (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Calycina - Phymosomatidae
Parent taxon: Phymosomatidae according to P. M. Kier 1997
See also Kier 1980 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthechinus, Actinophyma, Aeolopneustes, Cosmocyphus, Gauthieria, Glyptocidaris, Glyptocyphus, Hemithylus, Jacquiertia, Lambertechinus, Leptechinus, Micropsis, Narindechinus, Phymosoma, Phymosomatinae, Pleurodiadema, Plistophyma, Polyplacidia, Porosoma, Rachiosoma, Thylechinus, Winkleria
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore
Distribution: found only at Crystal River Limestone (Eocene of Florida)
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