†Echanthus Cooke 1942 (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae
Full reference: C. W. Cooke. 1942. Cenozoic irregular echinoids of the Eastern United States. Journal of Paleontology 16:1-62
Parent taxon: Cassidulidae according to C. W. Cooke 1959
See also Cooke 1942
Sister taxa: Breynella, Cassidulus, Catopygus, Hypsopygaster, Nucleopygus, Ochetes, Rhyncholampas, Stigmatopygus
Subtaxa: Echanthus georgiensis
Type: Echinanthus georgiensis
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene to Miocene of United States (1: Florida collection)
• Paleocene of United States (4: Alabama, Georgia)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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