Echinoidea - Calycina - Phymosomatidae
Full reference: J. F. Geys. 1980. Phymosomatoid echinoids from the Campanian and the Maastrichtian of Belgium and the Netherlands. Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 54:199-224
Belongs to Gauthieria according to J. F. Geys 1980
Sister taxa: Gauthieria menuthiae, Gauthieria pseudoradiata, Gauthieria radiata, Gauthieria sanchezi, Gauthieria spatulifera, Gauthieria speciosa
Type specimen: KBIN 10178. Its type locality is Heure-le-Romain, which is in a Campanian carbonate chalk in the Gulpen Formation of Belgium.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Belgium (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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