Rhenopyrgus piojoensis Sumrall et al. 2013

Edrioasteroidea - Edrioasterida - Rhenopyrgidae

Full reference: C. D. Sumrall, S. Heredia, C. M. Rodríguez and A. I. Mestre. 2013. The first report of South American edrioasteroids and the paleoecology and ontogeny of rhenopyrgid echinoderms. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58(4):763-776

Belongs to Rhenopyrgus according to C. D. Sumrall et al. 2013

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: PIL 14656 H, a test. Its type locality is Loma de Los Piojos Section, near San José de Jáchal, which is in a Gorstian carbonate sandstone in the Los Espejos Formation of Argentina.

Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Loma de Los Piojos Section, near San José de Jáchal

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