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Order Megalopoda MacBride & Spencer, 1938, p. 95

Range	Upper Ordovician (Ashgill), Scotland.
Type	Eothuria MacBride & Spencer, 1938.
Classification and/or Status	Monospecific taxon; identical to Family Eothuriidae MacBride & Spencer, 1938, p. 95, in content.
Remarks	Durham, J. W. & Melville, R. V. 1957. A classification of echinoids. Journal of Paleontology 31, 242-272. MacBride, E. W. & Spencer, W. K. 1938. Two new Echinoidea, Aulechinus and Ectinechinus, and an adult plated holothurian, Eothuria, from the Upper Ordovician of Girvan, Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society, London B229, 91-136, pls 10-17.