†Lefortia (sand dollar)
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Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Faujasiidae
Invalid subtaxa: Pomelia de Loriol 1900 [replaced name], Pomeliopsis de Loriol 1901 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Faujasiidae according to P. M. Kier 1966
See also Cooke 1953, Kier 1962 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Australanthus, Domechinus, Eurypetalum, Faujasia, Fauraster, Gongrochanus, Petalobrissus, Pygidiolampas, Stigmatopyginae, Zuffardia
Subtaxa: Lefortia delgadoi Lefortia trojana
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at USGS 17259, Troy (Cretaceous of Mississippi)
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