†Echinogalerus (sea urchin)
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Synonym: Caratomus Desor 1842
Parent taxon: Holectypoida according to C. D. Wagner and J. W. Durham 1966
See also Schneider and Neumann 2006 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anorthopygidae, Coenholectypidae, Conoclypina, Discoididae, Duperieria, Galerites, Holectypidae, Holectypina, Neoglobator
Subtaxa: Echinogalerus bueltenensis Echinogalerus gehrdensis Echinogalerus goslariensis Echinogalerus raingeardi
Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Cote D'Ivoire (1 collection)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (1)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (3), France (20), Germany (3), the Netherlands (2), Spain (8), the United Kingdom (9)
Total: 47 collections including 55 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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