Gomphechinus Pomel 1883 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Stomopneustoida - Stomopneustidae

Full reference: A. Pomel. 1883. Classification méthodique des échinides vivants et fossiles. Adolphe Jourdan, Alger 1-131

Parent taxon: Stomopneustidae according to S. G. Parma and S. Casadío 2005

See also Fell and Pawson 1966 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Parastomechinus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Paso Loncoche (Cretaceous of Argentina)

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