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, Graphepleurus, Irenechinus, Leiocyphus, Leptopleurus, Martinechinus, Microcyphus, Ortholophus, Paradoxechinus, Printechinus, Prionechinus, Pseudarbacina, Pseudechinus, Pseudodicoptella, Salmacis, Scolechinus, Temnechinus, Temnopleurinae, Temnotrema, Triplacidia, Zeuglopleurus
Subtaxa: Opechinus costatus
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Madagascar (1 collection), Qatar (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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