†Gagaria mossomi Cooke 1941 (sea urchin)
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Alternative combination: Thylechinus (Gagaria) mossomi
Full reference: C. W. Cooke. 1941. Cenozoic Regular Echinoids of Eastern United States. Journal of Paleontology 15(1):1-20
Belongs to Gagaria according to C. W. Cooke 1959
See also Cooke 1941 and Kier 1997
Sister taxa: Gagaria americana, Gagaria chickasawhay, Gagaria crenularis, Gagaria venustula, Thylechinus (Gagaria) salis
Type specimen: USNM 372885, a test
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (4: Florida, North Carolina collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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