Echinoidea - Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
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 Echinolampas according to A. S. Osborn et al. 2016
Sister taxa: Echinolampas (Cylindrolampas), Echinolampas (Cypholampas), Echinolampas (Progonolampas), Echinolampas aldrichi, Echinolampas alexandri, Echinolampas anguillae, Echinolampas appendiculata, Echinolampas atascaderensis, Echinolampas bombos, Echinolampas brachytona, Echinolampas castroi, Echinolampas clevei, Echinolampas consolationis, Echinolampas fraasi, Echinolampas lechoni, Echinolampas leymeriei, Echinolampas lycopersicus, Echinolampas mestrei, Echinolampas ovalis, Echinolampas ovatus, Echinolampas oviformis, Echinolampas perrieri, Echinolampas posterocrassus, Echinolampas raulini, Echinolampas semiorbis, Echinolampas tumulus, Echinolampas woodringi, Echinolampas yoshiwarai, Hypsoclypus lucae, Palaeolampas alta, Palaeolampas plateia
Type specimen: UF 238469, a test. Its type locality is Fall Creek mouth, which is in a Bartonian marine horizon in the Moodys Branch Formation of Alabama.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Fall Creek mouth
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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