†Progonechinus (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Glyphocyphidae
Parent taxon: Glyphocyphidae according to H. B. Fell and D. L. Pawson 1966
See also Cooke 1941 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arachniopleurus, Dictyopleurus, Glyphocyphus, Glyptodiadema, Hemidiadema, Radiocyphus
Subtaxa: Progonechinus pretiosus
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Dead Level (Eocene of Alabama)
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