Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Paleopneustidae

Parent taxon: Paleopneustidae according to R. A. Henderson 1975

See also Fischer 1966, Grant and Hertlein 1938 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Nacospatangus, Pericosmus

Subtaxa: Paleopneustes holmani

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Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Standard Oil Company well, Temple 19 (Pliocene of California)

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