Superorder Acroechinoidea Smith 1981 (sea urchin)
Full reference: A. B. Smith. 1981. Implications of lantern morphology for the phylogeny of post-Palaeozoic echinoids. Palaeontology 24:779-801
Parent taxon: Euechinoidea according to A. B. Smith 2015
See also Kroh and Smith 2010, Smith 1981 and Smith 1995
Sister taxa: Diadematacea, Echinacea, Echinothurioida, Galeroclypeus, Loriolella, Serpianotiaroida, Triadocidaridae, Triadotiaroida
Subtaxa: Aspidodiadematoida Carinacea Diadematoida Micropygoida Nicolleaumatidae Orthopsida Pedinoida Pedinopsidae
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder