Echinoidea - Irregularia - Tithoniidae
Alternative spelling: Metaporinus (Tithonia)
Full reference: A. Pomel. 1883. Classification méthodique des échinides vivants et fossiles. Adolphe Jourdan, Alger 1-131
Parent taxon: Tithoniidae according to C. Gaillard et al. 2011
See also Barras 2007, Jesionek-Szymanska 1963, Sepkoski 2002 and Wagner and Durham 1966
Sister taxon: Tetraromania
Subtaxa: Tithonia berriasensis Tithonia convexa Tithonia exile Tithonia munsteri Tithonia oxfordiana Tithonia praeconvexa Tithonia transversa
Type: Nucleolites convexus
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (3 collections), Hungary (2)
• Jurassic of France (1), Poland (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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