Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Faujasiidae
Full reference: G. Checchia-Rispoli. 1917. “Zuffardia”, nuovo genere di Echinide del Senoniano della Tripolitania. Rendiconti della Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, Classe di Scienze fisiche, matematiche e naturali, Atti, Serie 5a 26:492-494
Parent taxon: Faujasiidae according to A. B. Smith 1995
See also Kier 1962, Kier 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Australanthus, Domechinus, Eurypetalum, Faujasia, Fauraster, Gongrochanus, Lefortia, Petalobrissus, Pygidiolampas, Stigmatopyginae
Subtaxa: Zuffardia morgani
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Kazakhstan (1 collection), Oman (5), Spain (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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