†Echinopsis Agassiz 1840 (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Euechinoidea - Orthopsidae
Parent taxon: Orthopsidae according to C. W. Cooke 1959
See also Fell and Pawson 1966, Sepkoski 2002 and Smith 2009
Sister taxa: Brochechinus, Dubarechinus, Gymnodiadema, Orthocidaris, Orthopsis, Scaptodiadema
Subtaxa: Echinopsis diatreta
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Madagascar (1 collection)
• Eocene of Egypt (1), Pakistan (1), Senegal (1)
• Paleocene of United States (5: Alabama, New Jersey)
• Cretaceous of Switzerland (1)
Total: 10 collections including 11 occurrences
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