Alternative spelling: Thylechinus (Gagaria)
Parent taxon: Temnopleuroida according to R. A. Linder et al. 1988
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Cooke 1941, Cooke 1959, Fell and Pawson 1966, Kier 1997 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ambipleurus, Arbacina, Asaphechinus, Cryptechinus, Hebertia, Micropsidia, Pentechinus, Tatechinus
Subtaxa: Gagaria americana Gagaria chickasawhay Gagaria crenularis Gagaria mossomi Gagaria venustula Thylechinus (Gagaria) salis
Type: Micropsis venustula
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: Florida collection)
• Oligocene of United States (6: Alabama, Florida, North Carolina, Oregon)
• Eocene of Senegal (1), United States (1: Alabama)
• Paleocene of United States (3: Alabama)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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