Eupatagus ocalanus Cooke 1942 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Alternative combination: Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) ocalanus

Full reference: C. W. Cooke. 1942. Cenozoic irregular echinoids of the Eastern United States. Journal of Paleontology 16:1-62

Belongs to Eupatagus according to M. Sanchez-Roig 1953

See also Cooke 1942

Sister taxa: Eupatagus (Gymnopatagus), Eupatagus alatus, Eupatagus anomala, Eupatagus antillarum, Eupatagus attenuatus, Eupatagus batequensis, Eupatagus brodermanni, Eupatagus calistoides, Eupatagus carolinensis, Eupatagus casanovai, Eupatagus estenozi, Eupatagus floridanus, Eupatagus formosus, Eupatagus lawsonae, Eupatagus martini, Eupatagus mexicanus, Eupatagus mojsvari, Eupatagus mooreanus, Eupatagus nicklesi, Eupatagus pendulus, Eupatagus pulchellus, Eupatagus rostratus, Eupatagus roundus, Eupatagus sanchezi, Eupatagus santanae, Eupatagus siboneyensis, Eupatagus stevensi, Eupatagus tuberosus, Eupatagus turibacoensis, Eupatagus wilsoni, Spatangus (Eupatagus) gottschei, Eupatagus (Spatangomorpha) pinarensis

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (1: Alabama collection)

• Eocene of Cuba (1), United States (2: Florida, Georgia)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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