Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Fibulariidae
Full reference: P. M. Kier. 1997. Oligocene echinoids of North Carolina. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 83:1-37
Belongs to Echinocyamus according to P. M. Kier 1997
Sister taxa: Echinocyamus bisexus, Echinocyamus chipolanus, Echinocyamus crispus, Echinocyamus huxleyanus, Echinocyamus intermedius, Echinocyamus meridionalis, Echinocyamus parviporus, Echinocyamus parvus, Echinocyamus petalus, Echinocyamus polymorpha, Echinocyamus prostratus, Echinocyamus pusillus, Echinocyamus terminalis, Echinocyamus texanus, Echinocyamus vaughani
Type specimen: USNM 398476. Its type locality is Belgrade Quarry, River Bend Formation, which is in a Chattian marine mixed carbonate-siliciclastic in the River Bend Formation of North Carolina.
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Belgrade Quarry, River Bend Formation
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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