†Plesiolampas (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Synonym: Oriolampas Munier-Chalmas 1882
Parent taxon: Echinolampadidae according to P. M. Kier 1966
See also Kier 1962 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arnaudaster, Echinolampas, Parapygus
Subtaxa: Plesiolampas paquieri Plesiolampas saharae
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of India (1 collection), Niger (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Mali (1)
• Paleocene of Mali (8), Niger (2)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of Mali (3)
Total: 16 collections including 17 occurrences
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