Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Temnopleuridae
Parent taxon: Temnopleuridae according to I. D. Lindley 2001
See also Fell and Pawson 1966, Nisiyama 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amblypneustes, Desmechinus, Echinocyphus, Genocidaris, Glyptechinus, Goniosigma, Grammechinus, Graphepleurus, Irenechinus, Leiocyphus, Leptopleurus, Martinechinus, Microcyphus, Opechinus, Ortholophus, Paradoxechinus, Printechinus, Prionechinus, Pseudarbacina, Pseudechinus, Pseudodicoptella, Salmacis, Scolechinus, Temnechinus, Temnopleurinae, Triplacidia, Zeuglopleurus
Subtaxa: Temnotrema macleayana Temnotrema rubrum Temnotrema sculptum
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (2 collections)
• Pliocene of Papua New Guinea (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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