Echinoidea - Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Full reference: J. W. Durham. 1961. Miocene echinoids from the Valle Central, Costa Rica. Journal of Paleontology 35(3):480-488
Belongs to Echinolampas according to J. W. Durham 1961
Sister taxa: Echinolampas (Cylindrolampas), Echinolampas (Cypholampas), Echinolampas (Progonolampas), Echinolampas aldrichi, Echinolampas alexandri, Echinolampas andalusiensis, Echinolampas anguillae, Echinolampas appendiculata, Echinolampas atascaderensis, Echinolampas bombos, Echinolampas brachytona, Echinolampas castroi, Echinolampas clevei, Echinolampas consolationis, Echinolampas fraasi, Echinolampas lechoni, Echinolampas leymeriei, Echinolampas lycopersicus, Echinolampas mestrei, Echinolampas ovalis, Echinolampas ovatus, Echinolampas oviformis, Echinolampas perrieri, Echinolampas posterocrassus, Echinolampas raulini, Echinolampas semiorbis, Echinolampas tumulus, Echinolampas yoshiwarai, Palaeolampas plateia, Palaeolampas alta, Hypsoclypus lucae
Type specimen: USNM 563454, a test. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 20001 - ridge between Candelaria and Río Ciruelas, which is in a Miocene/Miocene offshore siliciclastic in Costa Rica.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at USGS Loc. 20001 - ridge between Candelaria and Río Ciruelas
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.