Encope tatetlaensis Bose 1906 (sand dollar)

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Mellitidae

Full reference: E. Bose. 1906. Sobre algunas faunas terciarias. Boletin del Instituto Geologico de Mexico 22

Belongs to Encope according to E. Bose 1906

Sister taxa: Encope aberrans, Encope annectans, Encope californica, Encope chilensis, Encope ciae, Encope emarginata, Encope grandis, Encope macrophora, Encope megatrema, Encope michelini, Encope micropora, Encope occidentalis, Encope perspectiva, Encope peruviana, Encope platytata, Encope tenuis, Encope wiedenmayeri

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at La fauna de La Barranca de Sana Maria, Tatetla (Pliocene of Mexico)

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