Jacksonaster Lambert and Thiéry 1914 (sand dollar)

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Laganidae

Full reference: J. Lambert and P. Thiéry. 1914. Essai de nomenclature Raisonnée des échinides. L. Ferrière, Chaumont (4)241-320

Parent taxon: Laganidae according to J. W. Durham 1955

See also Durham 1966 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Fibulina, Hupea, Laganinae, Laganum, Neolaganinae, Peronella, Peronellites, Rumphia, Sismondia

Subtaxa: Jacksonaster cubensis

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Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Matanzas (Miocene to Miocene of Cuba)

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