†Neocatopygus caobaense Sanchez-Roig 1953 (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Neolampadidae
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 Neocatopygus according to M. Sanchez-Roig 1953
Sister taxon: Neocatopygus rotundus
Type specimen: Sanchez Roig Tipo No. 763, 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: infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Canteras de Caraballo, loma Caoba, San Diego de los Banos
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