Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Clypeasteridae
Full reference: C. E. Weaver. 1908. New Echinoids From the Tertiary of California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5(17):271-274
Belongs to Clypeaster according to W. S. W. Kew 1920
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Grant and Hertlein 1938, Kew 1914 and Weaver 1908
Sister taxa: Clypeaster (Rhaphidoclypus), Clypeaster abruptus, Clypeaster antillarum, Clypeaster batheri, 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 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
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (8: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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