Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Full reference: W. S. W. Kew. 1914. Tertiary echinoids of the Carrizo Creek region in the Colorado Desert. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 8(5):39-60
Belongs to Clypeaster according to P. H. De Buisonjé 1974
See also Grant and Hertlein 1938, Kew 1914 and Kew 1920
Sister taxa: Clypeaster (Rhaphidoclypus), Clypeaster abruptus, Clypeaster antillarum, Clypeaster batheri, Clypeaster bowersi, Clypeaster butleri, 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 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: Its type locality is UCMP loc738, Coyote Mountain, which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone in the Imperial Formation of California.
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of the Netherlands Antilles (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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