Jacksonaster Lambert and Thiéry 1914 (sand dollar)
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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
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Matanzas (Miocene to Miocene of Cuba)
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