Iheringiella Berg 1898 (sand dollar)

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Monophorasteridae

Parent taxon: Monophorasteridae according to D. Frassinetti and V. Covacevich 1999

See also Chiesa et al. 1995, Durham 1955, Durham 1966 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Iheringiella patagonensis

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Type: Iheringiella patagonensis

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Argentina (5 collections), Chile (1)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Argentina (1)

• Oligocene of Argentina (1)

• Eocene to Oligocene of Argentina (2)

• Eocene of Argentina (2)

Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence

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