Echinoidea - Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Parent taxon: Arbaciidae according to R. Berndt 2003
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Donovan 1993, Fell and Pawson 1966, Geys 1981, Nisiyama 1966, Sepkoski 2002 and Smith 1995
Sister taxa: Acropeltis, Acrosaster, Arbacia, Arbaciella, Arbia, Atopechinus, Baueria, Codiopsis, Coelopleuridae, Coelopleurus, Echinocidaris, Glypticus, Hattopsis, Heteropodia, Magnosia, Noetlingaster, Pleiocyphus, Podocidaris
Subtaxa: Goniopygus arabicus Goniopygus atavus Goniopygus eravillensis Goniopygus menardi Goniopygus minor Goniopygus zitteli
Ecology: epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Paleocene of France (1 collection)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (1)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (1), Egypt (13), France (19), Jamaica (7), Japan (1), Jordan (2), the Netherlands (3), Oman (3), Portugal (13), Saudi Arabia (1), Spain (4), Switzerland (12), Turkmenistan (1), the United Arab Emirates (1), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 84 collections including 91 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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