†Monostychia Laube 1869 (sand dollar)
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Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Full reference: G. C. Laube. 1869. Über einige fossile Echiniden von den Murray cliffs in Süd-Australien. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematischnaturwissenschaftliche Classe, Abtheilung I 59:183-198
Parent taxon: Ammotrophinae according to J. W. Durham 1955
See also Durham 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Ammotrophus, Scutellinoides
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene to Pliocene of Australia (1 collection)
• Miocene of Australia (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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