Echinoidea - Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Parent taxon: Cidarinae according to S. K. Donovan 1993
See also Cooke 1941, Fell 1966, Kier 1980, Nisiyama 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alpicidaris, Cyathocidaris, Leiocidaris, Stylocidaris, Tretocidaris
Subtaxa: Phyllacanthus carolinensis Phyllacanthus clarkei Phyllacanthus imperialis Phyllacanthus javanus Phyllacanthus leoni Phyllacanthus mitchelli Phyllacanthus mortoni
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer-omnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Palau (1 collection)
• Pliocene of Fiji (2)
• Miocene of Australia (1), Brazil (4), Cuba (1), Egypt (1), Fiji (10), Indonesia (2), Micronesia (1), New Zealand (9), Vanuatu (1)
• Eocene to Oligocene of United States (1: Georgia)
• Eocene of United States (5: Alabama, Florida, North Carolina)
• Cretaceous of Jamaica (3), Portugal (6)
Total: 48 collections including 49 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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