Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae
Alternative combinations: Cassidulus (Paralampas) carolinensis, Cassidulus (Pygorhynchus) carolinensis
Full reference: W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell. 1915. The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 54:1-341
Belongs to Rhyncholampas according to P. M. Kier 1980
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915 and Cooke 1942
Sister taxa: Rhyncholampas alabamensis, Rhyncholampas conradi, Rhyncholampas gouldii, Rhyncholampas grignonensis, Rhyncholampas pacificus, Rhyncholampas rodriguezi
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (12: North Carolina collections)
Total: 12 collections including 14 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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