Echinocorys yoloensis Anderson 1958 (sea urchin)

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

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