†Clypeaster (Rhaphidoclypus) armadilloensis Sanchez-Roig 1953 (sand dollar)
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Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Full reference: M. Sanchez-Roig. 1953. Nuevos Equinidos fosiles de la fauna Cubana. Anales de la Academia de Ciencias Medicas, Fisicas Y Naturales de la Habana 41:136-176
Belongs to Clypeaster (Rhaphidoclypus) according to M. Sanchez-Roig 1953
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Sanchez Roig Tipo No. 746, a test. Its type locality is Finca "Armadillo", Marroquin, Moron - Early Oligocene, which is in an Oligocene carbonate carbonate in Cuba.
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Finca "Armadillo", Marroquin, Moron - Early Oligocene
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