Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Spatangidae
Alternative combination: Hemipatagus carolinensis
Full reference: P. M. Kier. 1997. Oligocene echinoids of North Carolina. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 83:1-37
Belongs to Maretia according to P. M. Kier 1997
See also Kroh 2007
Sister taxa: Maretia carinata, Maretia clarki, Maretia cordata, Maretia elevata, Maretia elliptica, Maretia fasciata, Maretia hungarica, Maretia mascareignarum, Maretia parvituberculata, Maretia peloria, Maretia planulata, Maretia praelongus, Maretia saccoi, Maretia savini, Maretia tuberculata, Maretia twitchelli, Maretia variegatus, Maretia zeisei, Spatangus (Maretia) perornatus
Type specimen: USNM 398338. Its type locality is NC Highway Department borrow pit, which is in a Chattian marine horizon in North Carolina.
Distribution: found only at NC Highway Department borrow pit
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