Polycyphus Agassiz and Desor 1846 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae

Full reference: L. Agassiz and P. J. E. Desor. 1846. Catalogue raisonné des familles, des genres, et des espèces de la classe des échinodermes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie 6:305-374

Parent taxon: Stomechinidae according to H. B. Fell and D. L. Pawson 1966

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Circopeltis, Codechinus, Diplechinus, Diplotagma, Echinotiara, Jeannetia, Phymechinus, Phymotaxis, Psephechinus, Pseudarbacia, Stomechinus, Stomopneustes, Thierychinus, Tiarechinopsis, Triadechinus, Trochalosoma

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Jordan (1 collection), Poland (2), Saudi Arabia (8)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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