Echinoidea - Irregularia - Nucleolitidae
Invalid subtaxa: Anthobrissus Pomel 1883, Asterobrissus de Loriol 1888, Trochalia Pomel 1883 [replaced name]
Parent taxon: Nucleolitidae according to A. B. Smith 1991
See also de Loriol 1888, Kier 1962, Kier 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Clypeopygus, Hemicara, Heteronucleus, Hypopygurus, Nucleolites, Oolopygus, Plagiochasma, Pseudonucleus, Pseudosorella, Pygaulus, Pygopistes, Pygorhynchus
Subtaxa: Asterobrissus pomeli Phyllobrissus freitasii Phyllobrissus gresslyi
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Angola (2 collections), Brazil (1), Chile (1), France (67), Portugal (2), Spain (1), Switzerland (5), the United Kingdom (5)
• Jurassic of Lebanon (1)
Total: 85 collections including 88 occurrences
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