Family Fibulariidae Gray 1855 (sand dollar)

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Fibulariidae

Alternative spelling: Fibularina

Synonym: Echinocyamidae Cooke 1942

Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1855. Catalogue of the Recent Echinida, or Sea Eggs, in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Echinida Irregularia. Woodfall & Kinder, London 1-69

Parent taxon: Laganiformes according to A. Kroh and A. B. Smith 2010

See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Cooke 1942, Donovan 1993, Durham 1955, Durham 1966, Grant and Hertlein 1938, Kew 1920 and Kier 1968

Sister taxon: Laganidae

Subtaxa: Cyamidia Echinocyamus Eoscutum Fibularia Fibulariella Fibulaster Lenicyamidia Leniechinus Lenita Mortonia Porpitella Scutellina Tarphypygus Thagastea Togocyamus

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Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of United States (1: Alaska collection)

• Pliocene of Belgium (1), the Marshall Islands (2), Papua New Guinea (1), Portugal (1), the United Kingdom (1)

• Miocene of Australia (2), Austria (1), Egypt (1), Fiji (5), France (1), Italy (7), Madagascar (4), the Marshall Islands (1), Northern Mariana Islands (3), Poland (1), Qatar (6), Somalia (2), United States (2: Florida)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Malta (1), the Marshall Islands (2)

• Oligocene of Germany (2), India (1), the Marshall Islands (4), United States (2: Georgia, North Carolina)

• Eocene of Egypt (1), Libya (3), the Marshall Islands (4), Nigeria (3), Pakistan (1), Qatar (5), United States (23: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, Texas)

• Paleocene of Nigeria (1), Togo (1)

Total: 97 collections including 104 occurrences

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