†Gitolampas twitchelli Osborn et al. 2016 (sea urchin)
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Full reference: A. S. Osborn, R. Mooi, and C. N. Cimpaglio. 2016. Additions to the Eocene echinoid fauna of the southeastern United States, including a new genus and species of prenasterid heart urchin. Southeastern Geology 52(1):33-59
Belongs to Gitolampas according to A. S. Osborn et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Gitolampas sendaica, Gitolampas tunctana
Type specimen: UF 238464, a test. Its type locality is Southern Aggregates Jamestown Quarry, which is in a Lutetian offshore shelf limestone in the Santee Limestone Formation of South Carolina.
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Southern Aggregates Jamestown Quarry
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