Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Paleopneustidae
Synonym: Megalaster Duncan 1877
Parent taxon: Paleopneustidae according to R. A. Henderson 1975
See also Durham 1961, Fischer 1966, Kier 1984, Ragaini 1994 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Nacospatangus, Paleopneustes
Subtaxa: Pericosmus (Pericosmus) Pericosmus (Victoriaster) Pericosmus aguayoi Pericosmus altus Pericosmus annosus Pericosmus artemisae Pericosmus atolladosae Pericosmus blanquizalensis Pericosmus borraeus Pericosmus camagueyanus Pericosmus crawfordi Pericosmus cubanus Pericosmus israelskyi Pericosmus latus Pericosmus mortenseni Pericosmus roigi Pericosmus scaevus Pericosmus valenzuelai Pericosmus zanolettii
Type: Pericosmus latus
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (1 collection), Austria (1), Costa Rica (1), Cuba (3), Egypt (1), Indonesia (3), Italy (3), Japan (1), New Zealand (8)
• Oligocene of Australia (1), Japan (1)
• Whaingaroan of New Zealand (2)
• Eocene of Cuba (1), New Zealand (1)
• Paleocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 29 collections including 32 occurrences
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