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: Camarodonta according to A. Kroh and A. B. Smith 2010
Sister taxa: Echinidea, Odontophora, Parasaleniidae
Subtaxa: Glyphocyphidae Temnopleuridae Trigonocidaridae Zeuglopleuridae
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (7 collections)
• Pliocene of Papua New Guinea (1)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Japan (1)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Egypt (1), Fiji (1), Indonesia (1), Italy (7), Japan (1), Madagascar (1), Qatar (1), South Africa (1)
• Eocene of India (1), New Zealand (1), Spain (1), Turkey (1), United States (2: Alabama, California)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1), Brazil (1), France (1), Germany (2), Morocco (1)
Total: 36 collections including 42 occurrences