Amblypygus depressus Sanchez-Roig 1953 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Echinoneoida - Echinoneidae

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 Amblypygus according to M. Sanchez-Roig 1953

Sister taxa: Amblypygus (Paramblypygus), Amblypygus americanus, Amblypygus subhemisphericus

Type specimen: Sanchez Roig Tipo No. 752, a test. Its type locality is Canteras de Caraballo, loma Caoba, San Diego de los Banos, which is in an Eocene carbonate carbonate in Cuba.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Canteras de Caraballo, loma Caoba, San Diego de los Banos

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