Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Full reference: R. T. Jackson. 1917. Fossil Echini of the Panama Canal Zone and Costa Rica. Proceedings of the Unites States National Museum 53:489-501
Belongs to Clypeaster according to C. W. Cooke 1942
See also Grant and Hertlein 1938 and Jackson 1917
Sister taxa: 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 herrerae, Clypeaster humilis, Clypeaster japonicus, Clypeaster lanceolatus, Clypeaster lopezriosi, Clypeaster maoadentroensis, 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 topilanus, Clypeaster virescens
Type specimen: USNM 324453, a test
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Panama (2 collections), United States (1: Florida)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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