Catopygus cajonensis Kew 1920 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae

Full reference: W. S. W. Kew. 1920. Cretaceous And Cenozoic Echinoidea of the Pacific coast of North America. University Of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 23-236

Belongs to Catopygus according to Kew 1920

Sister taxa: Catopygus bargesii, Catopygus californicus, Catopygus carinatus, Catopygus mississippiensis, Catopygus pusillus, Catopygus rodriguezi

Type specimen: UCMP 11344

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. 2249, Rock Creek (Eocene of California)

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