Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1958. Upper Cretaceous of the Pacific Coast. Geological Society of America Memoir 71:1-378
Belongs to Echinocorys according to F. M. Anderson 1958
Sister taxa: Echinocorys arnaudi, Echinocorys australis, Echinocorys ciplyensis, Echinocorys elatodepressus, Echinocorys elatus, Echinocorys gibbus, Echinocorys gravesi, Echinocorys obliquus, Echinocorys ovalis, Echinocorys ovatus, Echinocorys perconicus, Echinocorys pyramidatus, Echinocorys scutata, Echinocorys scutatus, Echinocorys sphaericus, Echinocorys sulcatus, Echinocorys sumbaricus, Echinocorys texanus, Echinocorys turritus, Echinocorys vulgaris, Ananchytes austriaca, Ananchytes conoidea
Type specimen: Its type locality is CAS Loc1343 - Mt Vaca, which is in a Coniacian marine limestone/shale in California.
Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at CAS Loc. 1343 - Mt Vaca
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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