†Psammechinus santee Cooke 1941 (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Camarodonta - Echinidae
Full reference: C. W. Cooke. 1941. Cenozoic Regular Echinoids of Eastern United States. Journal of Paleontology 15(1):1-20
Belongs to Psammechinus according to C. W. Cooke 1941
Sister taxa: Psammechinus carolinensis, Psammechinus cingulatus, Psammechinus dubius, Psammechinus exoletus, Psammechinus floralanus, Psammechinus ocalanus, Psammechinus philanthropus
Type specimen: USNM 498890. Its type locality is Station 4255, near, which is in an Eocene marine horizon in South Carolina.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Station 4255, near
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