Micropsis (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Calycina - Phymosomatidae

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

See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Fell and Pawson 1966 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthechinus, Actinophyma, Aeolopneustes, Cosmocyphus, Dixieus, Gauthieria, Glyptocidaris, Glyptocyphus, Hemithylus, Jacquiertia, Lambertechinus, Leptechinus, Narindechinus, Phymosoma, Phymosomatinae, Pleurodiadema, Plistophyma, Polyplacidia, Porosoma, Rachiosoma, Thylechinus, Winkleria

Subtaxa: Micropsis desori Micropsis lineatus

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Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore

Distribution:

• Paleocene of Argentina (2 collections)

• Cretaceous of the Netherlands (1), United States (1: Texas)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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