†Echanthus georgiensis Clark and Twitchell 1915
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Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae
Alternative combination: Echinanthus georgiensis
Synonym: Cassidulus (Galerolampas) fontis Cooke 1942
Full reference: W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell. 1915. The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 54:1-341
Belongs to Echanthus according to C. W. Cooke 1959
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915 and Cooke 1942
Sister taxa: none
Type specimens:
- Echanthus georgiensis: USNM 165683b, a test. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 4033 - Parke's farm, Ellaville [Clayton Fm], which is in a Danian coastal siliciclastic in the Clayton Formation of Georgia.
- Cassidulus (Galerolampas) fontis:
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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