Discoides Parkinson 1811 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Holectypoida - Discoididae

Parent taxon: Discoididae according to C. D. Wagner and J. W. Durham 1966

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Camerogalerus, Dixonia, Lanieria

Subtaxa: Discoidea Discoides decoratus Discoides infera Discoides minimus Discoides subuculus

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Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Cuba (1 collection), France (31), Hungary (3), Madagascar (1), Morocco (1), Poland (10), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (4), Switzerland (2), the United Kingdom (20)

• Jurassic of the United Kingdom (1)

Total: 75 collections including 82 occurrences

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