Laganum depressum Agassiz 1841 (sand dollar)

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Laganidae

Belongs to Laganum according to M. A. Kosnik 2002

See also Agassiz 1841 and Lindley 2001

Sister taxon: Laganum leptum

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Egypt (1 collection)

• Pliocene of Egypt (2), Papua New Guinea (1)

• Miocene of Fiji (3), Papua New Guinea (1), South Africa (1)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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