†Conoclypus Agassiz 1839 (sand dollar)
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Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Conoclypeidae
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1839. Description des Echinodermes fossiles de la Suisse; première partie, Spatangoides et Clypéasteroides. Mémoires de la Société helvétique des Sciences naturelles 3:1-101
Parent taxon: Conoclypidae according to C. D. Wagner and J. W. Durham 1966
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Oviclypeus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Austria (1 collection)
• Eocene of Croatia (1), Germany (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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