Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae
Full reference: C. W. Cooke. 1942. Cenozoic irregular echinoids of the Eastern United States. Journal of Paleontology 16:1-62
Belongs to Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) according to C. W. Cooke 1942
Sister taxa: Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) curvus, Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) dixie, Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) holmesii, Plagiobrissus (Rhabdobrissus), Plagiobrissus costaricensis, Plagiobrissus grandis, Plagiobrissus loveni, Plagiobrissus malavassii, Plagiobrissus robustus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Andalusia, west, which is in a Priabonian marine limestone in the Ocala Formation of Alabama
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution: found only at Andalusia, west
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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