Echinoidea - Stomopneustoida - Stomechinidae
Full reference: E. Desor. 1858. Synopsis des échinides fossiles. Reinwald, Paris 1-490
Parent taxon: Stomechinidae according to R. A. Linder et al. 1988
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Fell and Pawson 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Circopeltis, Codechinus, Diplechinus, Diplotagma, Echinotiara, Jeannetia, Phymechinus, Phymotaxis, Polycyphus, Psephechinus, Pseudarbacia, Stomopneustes, Thierychinus, Tiarechinopsis, Triadechinus, Trochalosoma
Subtaxa: Stomechinus bigranularis Stomechinus dissimilaris Stomechinus hyatti
Type: Echinus bigranularis
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Oregon collection)
• Jurassic of Chile (3), France (1), Germany (3), Iran (1), Poland (4), Switzerland (1), Tunisia (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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