Full reference: A. Kroh and A. B. Smith. 2010. The phylogeny and classification of post-Palaeozoic echinoids. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 8(2):147-212
Parent taxon: Echinacea according to A. Kroh and A. B. Smith 2010
Sister taxa: Arbacioida, Besairiecidaris, Bramus, Camarodonta, Crinocidaris, Glyphopneustidae, Plesiocidaroida, Stirodonta, Temnopleuroidea
Subtaxa: Glyptocidaridae Stomechinidae Stomopneustidae
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Papua New Guinea (1 collection)
• Miocene of Indonesia (1)
• Oligocene of Mexico (1), United States (4: Florida, Oregon)
• Eocene of Cuba (1), France (1), Haiti (1), Japan (1)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Mali (2), the Netherlands (2)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Belgium (3), Egypt (1), Mali (3), the Netherlands (6), Oman (4), Portugal (2), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (2), Switzerland (1)
• Jurassic of Chile (3), France (4), Germany (4), Iran (1), Jordan (1), Luxembourg (1), Morocco (2), Poland (5), Saudi Arabia (10), Switzerland (2), Tunisia (1), United States (2: California, Wyoming)
Total: 75 collections including 82 occurrences