†Oligopygus wetherbyi de Lortiol 1887 (sand dollar)
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Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Oligopygidae
Belongs to Oligopygus according to M. Sanchez Roig 1926
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915 and Cooke 1942
Sister taxa: Oligopygus alvarezi, Oligopygus floridanus, Oligopygus haldermani, Oligopygus herrari, Oligopygus nancei, Oligopygus ovumserpentis, Oligopygus rotundus, Oligopygus sanjosephi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Loma de Callisto, Nuevitas, which is in an Oligocene marine horizon in Cuba
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of Cuba (1 collection), United States (1: Florida)
• Eocene of United States (4: Florida)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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