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Gagaria tremadesi (Cotteau, 1890, p. 96)

[= Micropsis Tremadesi Cotteau, 1890, p. 96, pl. 15, figs 3-6;
= Gagaria Vilanovae Cotteau, 1893, p. 542.]

Distribution	Eocene, Alicante, Spain.
Type	Holotype: University of Lyon Palaeontological Collections EM 40712.
Classification and/or Status	Subjective  junior synonym of Gagaria vilanovae (Cotteau, 1882)
Remarks	Cotteau (1893) recognized that his species Micropsis tremadesi was in fact just a small individual of Gagaria Vilanovae, Cotteau, G. 1890. Echinides eocenes de la Province d'Alicante. Cotteau, G., 1893. Paleontologie Francaise. Terrains Tertiaire. II Eocene Echinoidea. G. Masson, Paris.