†Tarphypygus Arnold and Clark 1927 (sand dollar)
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Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Fibulariidae
Parent taxon: Fibulariidae according to S. K. Donovan 1993
See also Durham 1955, Durham 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cyamidia, Echinocyamus, Eoscutum, Fibularia, Fibulariella, Fibulaster, Lenicyamidia, Leniechinus, Lenita, Mortonia, Porpitella, Scutellina, Thagastea, Togocyamus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tarphypygus in the database
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