Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae
Alternative spelling: Cassidulus (Rhyncholampas)
Parent taxon: Cassidulidae according to P. M. Kier 1966
See also Kier 1962, Kier 1980, Kier 1997, Sanchez Roig 1926 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Breynella, Cassidulus, Catopygus, Echanthus, Hypsopygaster, Nucleopygus, Ochetes, Stigmatopygus
Subtaxa: Rhyncholampas alabamensis Rhyncholampas carolinensis Rhyncholampas gouldii Rhyncholampas grignonensis Rhyncholampas pacificus Rhyncholampas rodriguezi
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (2: Florida collections)
• Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Miocene of Brazil (1), United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
• Oligocene of Cuba (2), United States (21: Florida, Georgia)
• Eocene of United States (18: Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (1)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1), the Netherlands (1)
Total: 51 collections including 56 occurrences
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