Fossil range

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Encope aberrans has been recorded from the Late Pliocene (3.60-2.59 Ma) (Intracoastal Limestone of the Florida Peninsular [Florida Museum of Natural History (FLMNH)/University of Florida (UF) 202668 and 111402, Pliocene Liberty County Florida] (Coppard & Lessios, 2017).

Coppard, S.E. & Lessios, H.A. (2017). Phylogeography of the sand dollar genus Encope: implications regarding the Central American Isthmus and rates of molecular evolution. <em>Scientific Reports.</em> 7(1): 11520.