Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae
Alternative spelling: Spatangus (Eupatagus)
Synonyms: Eupatagus (Spatangomorpha) Boehm 1882, Spatangomorpha Boehm 1882
Parent taxon: Brissidae according to C. W. Cooke 1959
See also Ansigard 1954, Clark and Twitchell 1915, Cooke 1942, Donovan and Rowe 2000, Fischer 1966, Grant and Hertlein 1938, Henderson 1975, Jackson 1937, Kier 1980, Kier 1984, Kroh 2007, Sanchez-Roig 1953, Sepkoski 2002 and Squires and Demetrion 1992
Sister taxa: Arcaechinus, Brissopatagus, Brissopsidae, Brissopsis, Brissus, Cionobrissus, Cyclaster, Fernandezaster, Fourtaunia, Gillechinus, Gualtieria, Hernandezaster, Herreraster, Hikelaster, Hysteraster, Lajanaster, Macropneustes, Mariania, Mauritanaster, Megapneustes, Meoma, Metalia, Migliorinia, Pharaonaster, Plagiobrissus, Plesiopatagus, Radiobrissus, Rhynobrissus, Rojasia, Stomaporus, Taimanawa, Trachypatagus
Subtaxa: Eupatagus (Gymnopatagus) Eupatagus (Spatangomorpha) pinarensis Eupatagus alatus Eupatagus anomala Eupatagus antillarum Eupatagus attenuatus Eupatagus batequensis Eupatagus brodermanni Eupatagus calistoides Eupatagus carolinensis Eupatagus casanovai Eupatagus estenozi Eupatagus floridanus Eupatagus formosus Eupatagus lawsonae Eupatagus martini Eupatagus mexicanus Eupatagus mojsvari Eupatagus mooreanus Eupatagus nicklesi Eupatagus ocalanus Eupatagus pendulus Eupatagus pulchellus Eupatagus rostratus Eupatagus roundus Eupatagus sanchezi Eupatagus santanae Eupatagus siboneyensis Eupatagus stevensi Eupatagus tuberosus Eupatagus turibacoensis Eupatagus wilsoni Spatangus (Eupatagus) gottschei
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (2 collections), Cuba (1), Indonesia (1), Japan (2), Micronesia (1), New Zealand (1)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (1)
• Oligocene to Miocene of Malta (3)
• Oligocene of India (4), Jamaica (1), Jordan (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (3), Somalia (1), United States (1: Alabama)
• Whaingaroan of New Zealand (5)
• Eocene of Cuba (4), Haiti (1), Iran (1), Jamaica (1), Libya (1), Mexico (1), Qatar (3), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (24: Alabama, California, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Washington)
Total: 67 collections including 77 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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