Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Temnopleuridae

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

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amblypneustes, Desmechinus, Echinocyphus, Genocidaris, Glyptechinus, Goniosigma, Grammechinus, Irenechinus, Leiocyphus, Leptopleurus, Martinechinus, Microcyphus, Opechinus, Ortholophus, Paradoxechinus, Printechinus, Prionechinus, Pseudarbacina, Pseudechinus, Pseudodicoptella, Salmacis, Scolechinus, Temnechinus, Temnopleurinae, Temnotrema, Triplacidia, Zeuglopleurus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Station 62 [Futuna Limestone] (Miocene of Fiji)

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