Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Full reference: R. J. Foster and G. M. Philip. 1978. Tertiary holasteroid echinoids from Australia and New Zealand. Palaeontology 21:791-822
Belongs to Echinocorys according to R. J. Foster and G. M. Philip 1978
Sister taxa: Echinocorys arnaudi, Echinocorys ciplyensis, Echinocorys elatodepressus, Echinocorys elatus, Echinocorys gibbus, Echinocorys gravesi, Echinocorys obliquus, Echinocorys ovalis, Echinocorys ovatus, Echinocorys perconicus, Echinocorys pyramidatus, Echinocorys scutata, Echinocorys scutatus, Echinocorys sphaericus, Echinocorys sulcatus, Echinocorys sumbaricus, Echinocorys texanus, Echinocorys turritus, Echinocorys vulgaris, Echinocorys yoloensis, Ananchytes austriaca, Ananchytes conoidea
Type specimen: Its type locality is Toothawara Creek, which is in a Paleocene/Paleocene marine sandstone in the Wadera Calcarenite Formation of Australia
Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Toothawara Creek
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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