Echinoidea - Irregularia - Clypeidae
Synonyms: Auloclypeus Pomel 1883, Dactyloclypeus Maccagno 1947, Echinoclypeus De Blainville 1830
Full reference: N. G. Leske. 1778. Jacobi Theodori Klein naturalis dispositio echinodermatum, edita et descriptionibus novisque inventis et synonomis auctorem aucta. Addimenta ad I. T. Klein naturalem dispositionem Echinodermatum, G. E. Beer, Leipzig 1-278
Parent taxon: Clypeidae according to P. M. Kier 1966
See also Kier 1962 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Astrolampas, Colliclypeus, Pseudopygurus, Pygurus
Subtaxa: Clypeus agassizi Clypeus plotii Clypeus rostellus Clypeus wylliei
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Chile (1 collection), Ethiopia (1), France (1), Kenya (1), Saudi Arabia (4), Somalia (5), the United Kingdom (4)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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