Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Asterostomatidae
Full reference: H. L. Clark. 1929. A new Miocene echinoid from California. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 5(17):257-262
Parent taxon: Asterostomatidae according to A. G. Fischer 1966
See also Clark 1929, Grant and Hertlein 1938, Sepkoski 2002 and Zullo and Durham 1962
Sister taxa: Antillaster, Argopatagus, Asterostoma, Brissolampas, Brissomorpha, Cleistechinus, Delopatagus, Elipneustes, Genicopatagus, Heterobrissus, Linopneustes, Moronaster, Palaeobrissus, Paleotrema, Peripatagus, Platybrissus, Plesiozonus, Prosostoma, Pycnolampas, Pygospatangus
Subtaxa: Megapetalus lovenioides
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (6: California collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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