Oligopygus alvarezi Lambert and Sanchez Roig 1924 (sand dollar)

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Oligopygidae

Belongs to Oligopygus according to M. Sanchez Roig 1926

Sister taxa: Oligopygus floridanus, Oligopygus haldermani, Oligopygus herrari, Oligopygus nancei, Oligopygus ovumserpentis, Oligopygus rotundus, Oligopygus sanjosephi, Oligopygus wetherbyi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Los Háticos Holguín, Holguín, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in Cuba

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Cuba (1 collection)

• Eocene of Cuba (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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