Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Mellitidae
Full reference: R. T. Jackson. 1917. Fossil Echini of the Panama Canal Zone and Costa Rica. Proceedings of the Unites States National Museum 53:489-501
Belongs to Encope according to R. T. Jackson 1917
Sister taxa: Encope aberrans, Encope annectans, Encope californica, Encope chilensis, Encope ciae, Encope emarginata, Encope grandis, Encope macrophora, Encope michelini, Encope micropora, Encope occidentalis, Encope perspectiva, Encope peruviana, Encope platytata, Encope tatetlaensis, Encope tenuis, Encope wiedenmayeri
Type specimen: USNM 324456, a test
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at USGS 6030, Camp Cotton (Miocene of Panama)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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