Echinoidea - Calycina - Phymosomatidae
Alternative combinations: Coptosoma speciosum, Cyphosoma speciosum, Microsoma speciosum, Pseudodiadema speciosum
Belongs to Gauthieria according to C. W. Cooke 1959
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915 and Cooke 1941
Sister taxa: Gauthieria menuthiae, Gauthieria mosae, Gauthieria pseudoradiata, Gauthieria radiata, Gauthieria sanchezi, Gauthieria spatulifera
Type specimen: ANSP 1468, a test. Its type locality is Timber Creek - Vincentown Fm, which is in a Paleocene coastal sandstone in the Vincentown Formation of New Jersey.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of United States (3: New Jersey collections)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
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