Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Fibulariidae

Full reference: P. M. Kier. 1968. Echinoids from the Middle Eocene Lake City Formation of Georgia. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 153(2):1-45

Parent taxon: Fibulariidae according to P. M. Kier 1968

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Cyamidia, Echinocyamus, Eoscutum, Fibularia, Fibulariella, Fibulaster, Lenicyamidia, Lenita, Mortonia, Porpitella, Scutellina, Tarphypygus, Thagastea, Togocyamus

Subtaxa: Leniechinus herricki

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Type: Leniechinus herricki

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at USGS test well 5, locality 34H337 (Eocene of Georgia)

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