Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Parent taxon: Holasteridae according to A. B. Smith 1995
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wagner and Durham 1966
Sister taxa: Aurelianaster, Basseaster, Cardiaster, Cardiotaxis, Cibaster, Duncaniaster, Echinocorys, Entomaster, Galeaster, Ganbirretia, Garumnaster, Giraliaster, Guettaria, Hagenowia, Holaster, Infulaster, Ismidaster, Jeronia, Labrotaxis, Lampadaster, Lampadocorys, Messaoudia, Offaster, Opisopneustes, Paronaster, Pseudananchys, Pseudoffaster, Pseudoholaster, Rispolia, Scagliaster, Stegaster, Taphraster, Tholaster, Titanaster, Toxopatagus, Zumoffenia
Subtaxa: Hemipneustes arabicus Hemipneustes compressus Hemipneustes delettrei Hemipneustes persicus Hemipneustes pyrenaicus Hemipneustes striatoradiatus
Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (3 collections)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (6), Bulgaria (1), India (1), Iran (1), the Netherlands (7), Oman (8), Spain (7)
Total: 34 collections including 41 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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