Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Full reference: P. M. Kier. 1992. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic. 13. The Class Echinoidea (Echinodermata). Bulletins of American Paleontology 102(339):13-28
Belongs to Clypeaster according to P. M. Kier 1992
Sister taxa: Clypeaster (Palaeanthus), Clypeaster (Rhaphidoclypus), Clypeaster abruptus, Clypeaster antillarum, Clypeaster batheri, Clypeaster bowersi, Clypeaster butleri, Clypeaster carrizoensis, Clypeaster caudatus, Clypeaster concavus, Clypeaster cotteaui, Clypeaster cubensis, Clypeaster deserti, Clypeaster europacificus, Clypeaster excentricum, Clypeaster gatuni, Clypeaster herrerae, Clypeaster humilis, Clypeaster japonicus, Clypeaster lanceolatus, Clypeaster lopezriosi, Clypeaster meridanensis, Clypeaster ochrus, Clypeaster oxybaphon, Clypeaster parrae, Clypeaster parvus, Clypeaster placentoides, Clypeaster planipetalum, Clypeaster reticulatus, Clypeaster rogersi, Clypeaster rosaceus, Clypeaster rotundus, Clypeaster saipanicus, Clypeaster sanchezi, Clypeaster speciosus, Clypeaster subdepressus, Clypeaster sunnilandensis, Clypeaster surarui, Clypeaster topilanus, Clypeaster transsylvanicus, Clypeaster virescens
Type specimen: NMB M9746, a test. Its type locality is NMB Loc. 17022 - Río Cana [Mao Fm], which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in the Mao Formation of the Dominican Republic.
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at NMB Loc. 17022 - Río Cana [Mao Fm]
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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