Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Paleopneustidae
Alternative combination: Meoma crawfordi
Synonyms: Linthia compressus Duncan 1877, Megalaster compressus Duncan 1877, Meoma brevipatalata Hutton 1873, Pericosmus compressus Duncan 1877, Pericosmus mccoyi Gregory 1890
Belongs to Pericosmus according to R. A. Henderson 1975
See also Clark 1946
Sister taxa: Pericosmus (Pericosmus), Pericosmus (Victoriaster), Pericosmus aguayoi, Pericosmus altus, Pericosmus annosus, Pericosmus artemisae, Pericosmus atolladosae, Pericosmus blanquizalensis, Pericosmus borraeus, Pericosmus camagueyanus, Pericosmus cubanus, Pericosmus israelskyi, Pericosmus latus, Pericosmus mortenseni, Pericosmus roigi, Pericosmus scaevus, Pericosmus valenzuelai, Pericosmus zanolettii
Type specimens:
- Pericosmus crawfordi: EC.686, a test
- Linthia compressus:
- Meoma brevipatalata:
- Pericosmus mccoyi:
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (1 collection), New Zealand (6)
• Oligocene of Australia (1)
• Whaingaroan of New Zealand (2)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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