†family Archiaciidae Cotteau and Triger 1869 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Irregularia - Archiaciidae

Alternative spelling: Archiacidae

Full reference: G. H. Cotteau and J. Triger. 1869. Echinides du département de la Sarthe, considérés d'un point de vue zoologique et stratigraphique; JB Baillière et Fils, Paris (5)385-457

Parent taxon: Neognathostomata according to A. Kroh and A. B. Smith 2010

See also Berndt 2003, Kier 1962, Kier 1966 and Smith 1991

Sister taxa: Apatopygidae, Bothryopneustes, Cassiduloida, Clypeasteroida, Clypeidae, Clypeolampadidae, Echinolampadoida, Nucleolitidae, Pygaulidae

Subtaxa: Acriaster Archiacia Gentilia

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Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (1 collection), Egypt (6), France (16), Hungary (2), Jordan (1), Saudi Arabia (1)

Total: 27 collections including 34 occurrences

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