Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinometridae
Synonym: Ellipsechinus
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1825. An attempt to divide the Echinida, or Sea Eggs, into natural families. Annals of Philosophy, new series 10:423-431
Parent taxon: Echinometridae according to S. K. Donovan et al. 2005
See also Cooke 1941, Fell and Pawson 1966, Grant and Hertlein 1938, Nisiyama 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anthocidaris, Echinostrephus, Evechinus, Heterocentrotus, Zenocentrotus
Subtaxa: Echinometra hondoana Echinometra insularis Echinometra lucunter Echinometra mathaei Echinometra oblonga Echinometra vanbrunti Ellipsechinus prisca
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Belize (1 collection), Egypt (1), Eritrea (1), Jamaica (1), Mexico (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (1), Japan (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Netherlands Antilles (1)
• Miocene of Cuba (1), Jamaica (1), Japan (1)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Texas)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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