Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Synonyms: Clypeaster pinarensis Lambert and Sanchez-Roig 1949, Clypeaster platygaster Jackson 1922, Clypeaster polygonalis Sanchez-Roig 1949, Clypeaster profundus Sanchez-Roig 1949
Belongs to Clypeaster according to C. W. Cooke 1959
See also Cooke 1942 and Sanchez Roig 1926
Sister taxa: Clypeaster (Rhaphidoclypus), Clypeaster abruptus, Clypeaster antillarum, Clypeaster batheri, Clypeaster bowersi, Clypeaster butleri, Clypeaster carrizoensis, Clypeaster caudatus, Clypeaster concavus, Clypeaster cotteaui, Clypeaster cubensis, Clypeaster deserti, Clypeaster europacificus, Clypeaster excentricum, Clypeaster gatuni, Clypeaster herrerae, Clypeaster humilis, Clypeaster japonicus, Clypeaster lanceolatus, Clypeaster lopezriosi, Clypeaster maoadentroensis, Clypeaster meridanensis, Clypeaster ochrus, Clypeaster parrae, Clypeaster parvus, Clypeaster placentoides, Clypeaster planipetalum, Clypeaster reticulatus, Clypeaster rogersi, Clypeaster rosaceus, Clypeaster rotundus, Clypeaster saipanicus, Clypeaster sanchezi, Clypeaster speciosus, Clypeaster subdepressus, Clypeaster sunnilandensis, Clypeaster topilanus, Clypeaster virescens
Type specimens:
- Clypeaster oxybaphon: USNM 328241, a test
- Clypeaster pinarensis:
- Clypeaster platygaster:
- Clypeaster polygonalis:
- Clypeaster profundus:
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Cuba (1 collection), South Africa (1)
• Oligocene of Jamaica (3), Panama (1), United States (2: Florida, Texas)
• Eocene of United States (1: Florida)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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