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 taxa: Echinocyamus bisexus, Echinocyamus chipolanus, Echinocyamus crispus, Echinocyamus huxleyanus, Echinocyamus intermedius, Echinocyamus meridionalis, Echinocyamus parvus, Echinocyamus petalus, Echinocyamus polymorpha, Echinocyamus prostratus, Echinocyamus pusillus, Echinocyamus terminalis, Echinocyamus texanus, Echinocyamus vaughani, Echinocyamus wilsoni
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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