Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Astriclypeidae
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1840. Catalogus systematicus Ectyporum Echinodermatum fossilium Musei Neocomiensis, secundum ordinem zoologicum dispositus; adjectis synonymis recentioribus, nec non stratis et locis in quibus reperiuntur. Sequuntur characteres diagnostici generum novorum vel minus cognitorum. Petitpierre, Neuchâtel 1-20
Parent taxon: Astriclypeidae according to J. W. Durham 1955
See also Durham 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Astriclypeus, Echinodiscus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Egypt (1 collection), Italy (2)
• Oligocene of Jordan (1), Libya (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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