†Psammechinus floralanus 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 ocalanus, Psammechinus philanthropus, Psammechinus santee
Type specimen: USNM 498891. Its type locality is Florida Lime Products quarry, which is in an Oligocene marine limestone in the Suwanee Formation of Alabama.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Florida Lime Products quarry
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