Echinoidea - Euechinoidea - Orthopsidae
Parent taxon: Orthopsidae according to A. B. Smith 1995
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Fell and Pawson 1966, Geys and Jagt 1986, Sepkoski 2002 and Smith 1991
Sister taxa: Brochechinus, Dubarechinus, Echinopsis, Gymnodiadema, Orthocidaris, Scaptodiadema
Subtaxa: Orthopsis miliaris Orthopsis occidentalis
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (4), Brazil (5), Egypt (6), France (7), Iran (1), the Netherlands (4), Oman (3), Peru (3), Portugal (1), Saudi Arabia (4), Spain (4), the United Arab Emirates (2), United States (3: Texas)
• Jurassic of Poland (1)
Total: 49 collections including 50 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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