Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Mellitidae
Full reference: W. S. W. Kew. 1914. Tertiary echinoids of the Carrizo Creek region in the Colorado Desert. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 8(5):39-60
Belongs to Encope according to W. S. W. Kew 1920
See also Grant and Hertlein 1938 and Kew 1914
Sister taxa: Encope aberrans, Encope annectans, Encope californica, Encope chilensis, Encope ciae, Encope emarginata, Encope grandis, Encope macrophora, Encope megatrema, Encope michelini, Encope micropora, Encope occidentalis, Encope perspectiva, Encope peruviana, Encope platytata, Encope tatetlaensis, Encope wiedenmayeri
Type specimen: UCMP 10050, a test. Its type locality is UC 739 - Coyote Mountain [Imperial Fm], which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone in the Imperial Formation of California.
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Mexico (3 collections), United States (2: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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