Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Faujasiidae
Parent taxon: Faujasiidae according to C. L. C. Manso and E. J. Andrade 2008
See also Kier 1962, Kier 1966, Sepkoski 2002, Smith 1991 and Smith 1995
Sister taxa: Australanthus, Domechinus, Eurypetalum, Faujasia, Fauraster, Gongrochanus, Lefortia, Pygidiolampas, Stigmatopyginae, Zuffardia
Subtaxa: Petalobrissus (Paralampas) Petalobrissus cubensis Petalobrissus linguiformis Petalobrissus rawdahensis Petalobrissus setifensis
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Alabama collection)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Georgia)
• Eocene of Cote D'Ivoire (2), Cuba (1), United States (5: Florida, Georgia)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (5), Egypt (12), Mexico (1), Oman (7), United States (13: Texas)
Total: 48 collections including 52 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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