Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Micrasteridae
Full reference: G. N. Djabarov. 1964. Verkhnemelovye Morskiy Ezhi Tsentral'nogo Kopet-Daga i ikh Stratigraficheskoe Znachenie 1-114
Belongs to Micraster according to G. N. Djabarov 1964
Sister taxa: Micraster (Gibbaster), Micraster (Micraster), Micraster (Plesiaster), Micraster acutus, Micraster americanus, Micraster coranguinum, Micraster corbovis, Micraster cortestudinarium, Micraster glyphus, Micraster leskei, Micraster pseudorostratus, Micraster rogalae, Micraster schlueteri, Micraster schroederi, Micraster uddeni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Skobelevskaya Syncline, northern wing (Coniacian), which is in a Coniacian marine horizon in Turkmenistan
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution: found only at Skobelevskaya Syncline, northern wing (Coniacian)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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