†Mortonella Pomel 1883 (sand dollar)
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Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Protoscutellidae
Full reference: A. Pomel. 1883. Classification méthodique des échinides vivants et fossiles. Adolphe Jourdan, Alger 1-131
Parent taxon: Protoscutellidae according to J. W. Durham 1955
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Durham 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Periarchus, Protoscutella
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Crystal River Limestone (Eocene of Florida)
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