Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Toxopneustidae
Full reference: R. A. Linder, J. W. Durham, and W. N. Orr. 1988. New late Oligocene echinoids from the central western cascades of Oregon. Journal of Paleontology 62(6):945-958
Belongs to Lytechinus according to R. A. Linder et al. 1988
Sister taxa: Lytechinus anamesus, Lytechinus coreyi, Lytechinus milleri, Lytechinus pictus, Lytechinus semituberculatus, Lytechinus variegatus
Type specimen: UCMP 38203, a test. Its type locality is Butte Creek [Abiqua Mbr, Scotts Mills Fm], which is in a Chattian shallow subtidal limestone in the Scotts Mills Formation of Oregon.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Butte Creek [Abiqua Mbr, Scotts Mills Fm]
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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