Diplopodia (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Calycina - Diplopodiidae

Parent taxon: Diplopodiidae according to G. M. El Qot 2021

See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Fell and Pawson 1966 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Diplopodia (Pseudodiadema) Diplopodia streeruvitzi Diplopodia taffi

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Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (1 collection), Egypt (3), France (8), Hungary (1), Nigeria (1), Portugal (2), Spain (1), Switzerland (18), the United Kingdom (2), United States (3: Texas)

• Jurassic of France (5), Germany (3), India (3), Morocco (2), Poland (1), Portugal (4), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (7), United States (1: California)

Total: 68 collections including 86 occurrences

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