Laganum Link 1807 (sand dollar)

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Laganidae

Full reference: H. F. Link. 1807. Beschreibung der Naturalien-Sammlung der Universitaet zu Rostock, Abteilung 3. Gedruckt bey Adlers Erben, Rostock 101-165

Parent taxon: Laganidae according to A. B. Smith 2009

See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Cooke 1942, Durham 1955, Durham 1966, Jackson 1937, Kosnik 2002 and Sepkoski 2002

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

Subtaxa: Laganum depressum Laganum leptum

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Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Saudi Arabia (1 collection)

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Egypt (1)

• Pliocene of Egypt (2), Papua New Guinea (1)

• Miocene of Fiji (3), Papua New Guinea (1), South Africa (1)

• Oligocene of Mexico (1)

Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence

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