Echinoidea - Perischoechinoidea - Lepidocentridae
Parent taxon: Perischoechinoidea according to C. L. Schneider et al. 2005
See also Boczarowski 2001 and Kier 1966
Sister taxa: Bothriocidaroida, Echinocystitoida, Eognathostomata, Lanternarius
Subtaxa: Albertechinus Aulechinus Deneechinus Ectinechinus Elliptechinus Eothuria Kongielechinus Koninckocidaris Lepidechinoides Lepidechinus Lepidocentrus Myriastiches Palaeodiscus Pholidechinus Porechinus
Type: Lepidocentrus
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Poland (1 collection), United States (1: Texas)
• Givetian of Poland (3)
• Devonian of the Czech Republic (1), Germany (3), Poland (40)
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (2)
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 52 collections including 89 occurrences