Lefortia trojana Cooke 1953 (sand dollar)

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Faujasiidae

Full reference: C. W. Cooke. 1953. American Upper Cretaceous Echinoidea. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 254-A:1-44

Belongs to Lefortia according to C. W. Cooke 1953

Sister taxon: Lefortia delgadoi

Type specimen: USNM 108376. Its type locality is USGS 17259, Troy, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the Ripley Formation of Mississippi.

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at USGS 17259, Troy

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