WoRMS source details

Faas, A. V. 1941. Echinoidea. Pp. 72-75 in L. Librovitch (ed.) The Atlas of the Guide Forms of the Fossil Faunas of the U.S.S.R. Volume IV. Lower Carboniferous Moscow/Leningrad.
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Donbassechinus Faas, 1941 † (original description)
Donbassechinus kumpani Faas, 1941 † (original description)
Melechidae † accepted as Melonechinidae Lambert, 1900 † accepted as Palaechinidae McCoy, 1849 † (basis of record)
Melonechinus heckeri Faas, 1941 † (original description)
 Etymology

Referring to the type area of the type-species (Donbass = Donets Basin) [details]

 Fossil range

Namurian, Late Mississippian, Early Carboniferous  [details]

 Fossil range

Namurian, Late Mississippian, Early Carboniferous [details]

 Type locality

Donets Basin, Ukraine [details]