Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Toxopneustidae

Alternative spelling: Echinus (Toxopneustes)

Parent taxon: Toxopneustidae according to A. B. Smith 2009

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

Sister taxa: Goniopneustes, Gymnechinus, Lytechinus, Mirechinus, Nudechinus, Oligophyma, Pseudoboletia, Pseudocentrotus, Schizechinus, Scholiechinus, Sphaerechinus

Subtaxa: Toxopneustes rosea

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at UCMP Loc. A1708, Travertine Rock [Latrania Sand Mbr, Imperial Fm] (Pliocene of California)

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