Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Fibulariidae
Parent taxon: Fibulariidae according to S. K. Donovan 1993
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Cooke 1942, Durham 1955, Durham 1966, Kier 1968, Nisiyama 1968 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cyamidia, Echinocyamus, Eoscutum, Fibulariella, Fibulaster, Lenicyamidia, Leniechinus, Lenita, Mortonia, Porpitella, Scutellina, Tarphypygus, Thagastea, Togocyamus
Subtaxa: Fibularia acuta Fibularia alabamensis Fibularia cribellum Fibularia damensis Fibularia ovulum
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of the Marshall Islands (2 collections)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Fiji (5), Qatar (6)
• Eocene of Nigeria (2), Pakistan (1), United States (7: Alabama, Georgia, Texas)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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