†Trochotiara (sea urchin)
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Parent taxon: Phymosomatoida according to A. B. Smith 1995
See also Fell and Pawson 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Boletechinus, Cottaldia, Diplopodiidae, Emiratiidae, Gauthiosoma, Heterodiadematidae, Leioechinus, Phymosomatidae, Polydiadematidae, Zeugopleurus
Subtaxa: Trochotiara kongieli Trochotiara pucaensis Trochotiara suleiovense Trochotiara superbum
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Bolivia (3 collections), Hungary (1), Portugal (14), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (2)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of China (1)
• Jurassic of Luxembourg (1), Poland (10), the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 37 collections including 38 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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