Echinoidea - Calycina - Phymosomatidae
Alternative combination: Dixieus dixie
Full reference: C. W. Cooke. 1941. Cenozoic Regular Echinoids of Eastern United States. Journal of Paleontology 15(1):1-20
Belongs to Phymosoma according to P. M. Kier 1997
See also Cooke 1941 and Kier 1980
Sister taxa: Phymosoma baylei, Phymosoma binexilis, Phymosoma corneti, Phymosoma gehrdenense, Phymosoma gigantea, Phymosoma hexoaporum, Phymosoma hilli, Phymosoma maastrichtensis, Phymosoma peloria, Phymosoma princeps, Cyphosoma volanum, Cyphosoma canali, Cyphosoma riograndensis
Type specimen: USNM 372867. Its type locality is Clara, near, which is in a Priabonian marine limestone in the Ocala Formation of Florida.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal omnivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (1: North Carolina collection)
• Eocene of United States (2: Florida, North Carolina)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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