†Ochetes Pomel 1883 (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae
Full reference: A. Pomel. 1883. Classification méthodique des échinides vivants et fossiles. Adolphe Jourdan, Alger 1-131
Parent taxon: Cassidulidae according to P. M. Kier 1966
See also Kier 1962 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Breynella, Cassidulus, Catopygus, Echanthus, Hypsopygaster, Nucleopygus, Rhyncholampas, Stigmatopygus
Subtaxa: Ochetes morrisii
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (2 collections), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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