Synonym: Echinocrinus Agassiz 1841 [objective synonym]
Full reference: F. M'Coy. 1844. A synopsis of the characters of the Carboniferous limestone fossils of Ireland 1-207
Parent taxon: Archaeocidaridae according to C. L. Schneider et al. 2005
See also Boczarowski 2001, Fell 1966, Frederickson 1962, M'Coy 1844, Sepkoski 2002 and Webster et al. 2009
Sister taxa: Eocidaris, Lepidocidaris, Nortonechinus, Polytaxicidaris, Silurocidaris, Xenocidaris
Subtaxa: Archaeocidaris ladina Archaeocidaris selwyni Archaeocidaris wartellei Echinocrinus dininnii Echinocrinus trudifer
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (2: Alaska collections)
• Permian of Australia (3), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2), Laos (2), Peru (3), Tunisia (2), United States (23: Arizona, Nevada, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Canada (2: Alberta), China (1), the United Kingdom (13), United States (36: Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Kentucky, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming)
• Devonian of France (1), Germany (7), Poland (1)
Total: 98 collections including 102 occurrences
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