Eupatagus lawsonae Kier 1980 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Full reference: P. M. Kier. 1980. The Echinoids of the Middle Eocene Warley Hill Formation, Santee Limestone, and Castle Hayne Limestone of North and South Carolina. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 39:1-102

Belongs to Eupatagus according to P. M. Kier 1980

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 martini, Eupatagus mexicanus, Eupatagus mojsvari, Eupatagus mooreanus, Eupatagus nicklesi, Eupatagus ocalanus, 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

Type specimen: USNM 264086

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Ideal Cement Co. quarry (Castle Hayne LS, N. Carolina) (Eocene of North Carolina)

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