Echinarachnius newcombei Kew 1920 (sand dollar)

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Echinarachniidae

Alternative combination: Scutella newcombei

Full reference: W. S. W. Kew. 1920. Cretaceous And Cenozoic Echinoidea of the Pacific coast of North America. University Of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 23-236

Belongs to Echinarachnius according to C. E. Weaver 1942

See also Clark and Arnold 1923, Grant and Hertlein 1938 and Kew 1920

Sister taxa: Echinarachnius alaskense, Echinarachnius andersoni, Echinarachnius astrodapsoides, Echinarachnius brewerianus, Echinarachnius parma, Echinarachnius plafkeri, Echinarachnius ungaensis

Type specimen: UCMP 11356, a test

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Slide Hill Beach (Oligocene of British Columbia)

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