Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Spatangidae
Full reference: H. G. Schenck. 1928. A new echinoid from the California Eocene. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 5(12):195-202
Belongs to Spatangus according to H. G. Schenck 1928
See also Grant and Hertlein 1938
Sister taxa: Spatangus (Granopatagus), Spatangus (Phymapatagus), Spatangus (Platyspatus), Spatangus (Spatangus), Spatangus brissus, Spatangus californicus, Spatangus depressus, Spatangus fuchsi, Spatangus glenni, Spatangus integer, Spatangus ovatus, Spatangus pachecoensis, Spatangus rarus, Spatangus ventricosus
Type specimen: SDSNH 52. Its type locality is SDSNH 261 Timber Canyon, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Matilija Formation of California.
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution: found only at SDSNH 261 Timber Canyon
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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