Echinoidea - Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae
Full reference: A. Pomel. 1883. Classification méthodique des échinides vivants et fossiles. Adolphe Jourdan, Alger 1-131
Parent taxon: Stomechinidae according to A. B. Smith 1995
See also Fell and Pawson 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Circopeltis, Codechinus, Diplechinus, Diplotagma, Jeannetia, Phymechinus, Phymotaxis, Polycyphus, Psephechinus, Pseudarbacia, Stomechinus, Stomopneustes, Thierychinus, Tiarechinopsis, Triadechinus, Trochalosoma
Subtaxa: Echinotiara perebaskinei
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Mali (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Mali (4), Oman (4), Portugal (2)
• Jurassic of Saudi Arabia (2)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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