Psammechinus (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinidae

Alternative spelling: Echinus (Psammechinus)

Parent taxon: Echinidae according to P. M. Kier 1997

See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Cooke 1941, Fell and Pawson 1966, Grant and Hertlein 1938 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Anapesus, Atactus, Echinus, Gracilechinus, Hypechinus, Isechinus, Paracentrotus, Stirechinus, Tripneustes

Subtaxa: Psammechinus carolinensis Psammechinus cingulatus Psammechinus dubius Psammechinus exoletus Psammechinus floralanus Psammechinus ocalanus Psammechinus philanthropus Psammechinus santee

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Pliocene of United States (8: North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia collections)

• Miocene of Algeria (6), Austria (1), Cyprus (2), Egypt (1), France (3), Germany (1), Italy (5), Morocco (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (2), United States (1: Florida)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Oligocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1)

• Oligocene of United States (3: Alabama, North Carolina)

• Eocene of Argentina (1), United States (2: Georgia, South Carolina)

• Paleocene of United States (1: New Jersey)

• Cretaceous of Brazil (1), France (3), Switzerland (4)

Total: 49 collections including 50 occurrences

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