Echinogalerus (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Holectypoida

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

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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

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