Breynia (heart urchin)
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Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Loveniidae
Parent taxon: Loveniidae according to A. G. Fischer 1966
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Breyninae, Chuniola, Echinocardiidae, Echinocardium, Hemipatagus, Lovenia, Mazettia, Verbeekia
Subtaxa: Breynia carinata
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Taiwan (1 collection)
• Miocene of Australia (2), Indonesia (2)
Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences
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