Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) curvus Cooke 1942 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Full reference: C. W. Cooke. 1942. Cenozoic irregular echinoids of the Eastern United States. Journal of Paleontology 16:1-62

Belongs to Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) according to C. W. Cooke 1942

Sister taxa: Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) dixie, Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) gardnerae, Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) holmesii, Plagiobrissus (Rhabdobrissus), Plagiobrissus costaricensis, Plagiobrissus grandis, Plagiobrissus loveni, Plagiobrissus malavassii, Plagiobrissus robustus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Chipola River, Marianna Fm., which is in a Rupelian carbonate limestone in the Marianna Formation of Florida

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution:

• Oligocene of United States (1: Florida collection)

• Eocene of United States (4: Florida, Georgia)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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