Catopygus (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae

Synonym: Penesticta Pomel 1883

Parent taxon: Cassidulidae according to W. S. W. Kew 1920

See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Grant and Hertlein 1938, Kier 1962, Kier 1966 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Breynella, Cassidulus, Echanthus, Hypsopygaster, Nucleopygus, Ochetes, Rhyncholampas, Stigmatopygus

Subtaxa: Catopygus bargesii Catopygus cajonensis Catopygus californicus Catopygus carinatus Catopygus mississippiensis Catopygus pusillus Catopygus rodriguezi

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Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (1: California collection)

• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (1)

• Cretaceous of Belgium (3), Cuba (1), France (20), the Netherlands (1), the United Kingdom (17), United States (3: Mississippi, New Jersey)

Total: 47 collections each including a single occurrence

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