Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae
Alternative combination: Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) ocalanus
Full reference: C. W. Cooke. 1942. Cenozoic irregular echinoids of the Eastern United States. Journal of Paleontology 16:1-62
Belongs to Eupatagus according to M. Sanchez-Roig 1953
See also Cooke 1942
Sister taxa: Eupatagus (Gymnopatagus), Eupatagus alatus, Eupatagus anomala, Eupatagus antillarum, Eupatagus attenuatus, Eupatagus batequensis, Eupatagus brodermanni, Eupatagus calistoides, Eupatagus carolinensis, Eupatagus casanovai, Eupatagus estenozi, Eupatagus floridanus, Eupatagus formosus, Eupatagus lawsonae, Eupatagus martini, Eupatagus mexicanus, Eupatagus mojsvari, Eupatagus mooreanus, Eupatagus nicklesi, Eupatagus pendulus, Eupatagus pulchellus, Eupatagus rostratus, Eupatagus roundus, Eupatagus sanchezi, Eupatagus santanae, Eupatagus siboneyensis, Eupatagus stevensi, Eupatagus tuberosus, Eupatagus turibacoensis, Eupatagus wilsoni, Spatangus (Eupatagus) gottschei, Eupatagus (Spatangomorpha) pinarensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Taylor County rock pit, which is in a Priabonian marine limestone in the Ocala Formation of Florida
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: Alabama collection)
• Eocene of Cuba (1), United States (2: Florida, Georgia)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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