Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Fibulariidae
Alternative spelling: Echinocyamus (Togocyamus)
Full reference: P. Oppenheim. 1915. Die eocänen Invertebraten-Fauna des Kalksteins in Togo im Zusammenhange mit anderen Tertiärablagerungen Afrikas vergleichend betrachtet. Beiträge zur Geologischen Erforschung der Deutschen Schutzgebiete 12:1-126
Parent taxon: Fibulariidae according to J. W. Durham 1955
See also Durham 1966, Oppenheim 1915 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cyamidia, Echinocyamus, Eoscutum, Fibularia, Fibulariella, Fibulaster, Lenicyamidia, Leniechinus, Lenita, Mortonia, Porpitella, Scutellina, Tarphypygus, Thagastea
Subtaxa: Togocyamus seefriedi
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Nigeria (1 collection), Togo (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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