Mortonella Pomel 1883 (sand dollar)

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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