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Neopatagus Sanchez Roig, 1953, p. 258

Distribution	Oligo-Miocene of Cuba
Type	Breynia cubensis Cotteau, 1875, p. 7, by original designation.
Species Included	Sanchez Roig included 12 species in his genus
Classification and/or Status	Spatangoida, Micrasterina, Maretiidae Subjective junior synonym of Eupatagus Agassiz,
Remarks	Kier (1984, p. 93, treated this as a junior synonym of Eupatagus. Sanchez Roig, M. 1953. Dos nuevos generos de equinoides cubanos. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural 21 (3), 257-262, pls 27-29. Kier, P.M. 1984. Fossil spatangoid echinoids of Cuba. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 55, 1-336.