Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Fibulariidae
Full reference: P. M. Kier. 1964. Fossil echinoids from the Marshall Islands. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 260-GG:1121-1126
Belongs to Echinocyamus according to P. M. Kier 1964
Sister taxon: Echinocyamus petalus
Type specimen: USNM 563449. Its type locality is Eniwetok atoll, core E1, 2500-2510ft, which is in a Chattian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal limestone in the Marshall Islands.
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of the Marshall Islands (1 collection)
• Oligocene to Miocene of the Marshall Islands (2)
• Oligocene of the Marshall Islands (4)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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