Echinoidea - Holectypoida - Holectypidae
Alternative spellings: Caenholectypus, Holectypus (Coenholectypus)
Full reference: A. Pomel. 1883. Classification méthodique des échinides vivants et fossiles. Adolphe Jourdan, Alger 1-131
Parent taxon: Holectypidae according to R. Berndt 2003
See also Jagt 2000, Nisiyama 1966, Sepkoski 2002, Smith 1991, Smith 1995 and Wagner and Durham 1966
Sister taxa: Coptodiscus, Discholectypus, Holectypus, Metholectypus
Subtaxa: Coenholectypus baluchistanensis Coenholectypus excisus Coenholectypus inflatus Coenholectypus larteti Coenholectypus macropygus Coenholectypus macrostomus Coenholectypus neocomiensis Holectypus (Coenholectypus) peridoneus
Type: Discoidea macropyga
Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (2 collections)
• Cretaceous of Brazil (5), Egypt (26), France (58), Hungary (3), Israel (1), Japan (1), Jordan (2), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (1), Oman (4), Peru (3), Portugal (2), Saudi Arabia (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (8), Turkey (1), United States (1: Texas), Yemen (1)
Total: 122 collections including 128 occurrences
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