†Faujasia chelonium Cooke 1953 (sand dollar)
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Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Faujasiidae
Alternative combination: Domechinus chelonium
Full reference: C. W. Cooke. 1953. American Upper Cretaceous Echinoidea. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 254-A:1-44
Belongs to Faujasia according to C. W. Cooke 1953
See also Kier 1962
Sister taxa: Faujasia apicalis, Faujasia eccentripora
Type specimen: USNM 108377. Its type locality is USGS 10854, Indio Ranch, which is in a Maastrichtian estuary/bay siltstone in the Escondido Formation of Texas.
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at USGS 10854, Indio Ranch
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