Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Loveniidae
Parent taxon: Loveniidae according to R. A. Henderson 1975
See also Clark 1904, Clark and Twitchell 1915, Cooke 1942, Fischer 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Breynia, Breyninae, Chuniola, Echinocardiidae, Hemipatagus, Lovenia, Mazettia, Verbeekia
Subtaxa: Echinocardium cordatum Echinocardium deperessum Echinocardium kelloggi Echinocardium marylandiense Echinocardium orthonotum
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: South Carolina collection)
• Pliocene of Belgium (1), Japan (1), United States (14: Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia)
• Miocene of Switzerland (3), United States (2: Maryland)
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida)
Total: 23 collections including 25 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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