†Thagastea Pomel 1888 (sand dollar)
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Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Fibulariidae
Parent taxon: Fibulariidae according to J. W. Durham 1955
See also Durham 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cyamidia, Echinocyamus, Eoscutum, Fibularia, Fibulariella, Fibulaster, Lenicyamidia, Leniechinus, Lenita, Mortonia, Porpitella, Scutellina, Tarphypygus, Togocyamus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Gebel Kibli el Ahram (Unit 5, Maadi Formation), Egypt -Tawadros (2001) (Eocene of Egypt)
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