†Periarchus kewi Cooke 1942 (sand dollar)
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Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Protoscutellidae
Full reference: C. W. Cooke. 1942. Cenozoic irregular echinoids of the Eastern United States. Journal of Paleontology 16:1-62
Belongs to Periarchus according to C. W. Cooke 1942
Sister taxa: Periarchus altus, Periarchus lyelli, Periarchus pileussinensis, Periarchus protuberans, Periarchus quinquefarius, Periarchus rutriformis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Clinchfield, southeast, which is in a Priabonian marine marl in the Cooper Formation of Georgia
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Clinchfield, southeast
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