†Schizechinus Pomel 1869 (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Toxopneustidae
Parent taxon: Toxopneustidae according to A. B. Smith 2009
See also Fell and Pawson 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Goniopneustes, Gymnechinus, Lytechinus, Mirechinus, Nudechinus, Oligophyma, Pseudoboletia, Pseudocentrotus, Scholiechinus, Sphaerechinus, Toxopneustes
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Algeria (3 collections), Egypt (1), Morocco (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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