†Cosmocyphus Pomel 1883 (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Calycina - Phymosomatidae
Parent taxon: Phymosomatidae according to J. W. M. Jagt et al. 2018
Sister taxa: Acanthechinus, Actinophyma, Aeolopneustes, Dixieus, Gauthieria, Glyptocidaris, Glyptocyphus, Hemithylus, Jacquiertia, Lambertechinus, Leptechinus, Micropsis, Narindechinus, Phymosoma, Phymosomatinae, Pleurodiadema, Plistophyma, Polyplacidia, Porosoma, Rachiosoma, Thylechinus, Winkleria
Subtaxa: Cosmocyphus krimicus Cosmocyphus saemanni
Type: Cyphosoma saemanni
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Denmark (2 collections)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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