Schizaster lecontei Merriam 1899 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Alternative combination: Schizaster (Paraster) lecontei

Full reference: J. C. Merriam. 1899. The Tertiary sea-urchins of Middle California. Proceedins of the California Academy of Science 1(5):161-175

Belongs to Schizaster according to W. S. W. Kew 1920

See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Grant and Hertlein 1938, Merriam 1899 and Squires and Demetrion 1992

Sister taxa: Schizaster (Dipneustes), Schizaster (Ova), Schizaster (Paraster), Schizaster (Schizaster), Schizaster alcaldei, Schizaster americana, Schizaster bathypetalus, Schizaster beckeri, Schizaster brachypetalus, Schizaster californicus, Schizaster camagueyensis, Schizaster cartagensis, Schizaster cojimarensis, Schizaster compactus, Schizaster cordiformis, Schizaster costaricensis, Schizaster cristatus, Schizaster cubensis, Schizaster cubitabellae, Schizaster delgadoi, Schizaster diabloensis, Schizaster doederleini, Schizaster dumblei, Schizaster egozcuei, Schizaster fernandezi, Schizaster floridanus, Schizaster formelli, Schizaster gerthi, Schizaster habanensis, Schizaster llagunoi, Schizaster martinezensis, Schizaster moronensis, Schizaster munozi, Schizaster neuvitasensis, Schizaster panamensis, Schizaster pastelilloensis, Schizaster rimosus, Schizaster rojasi, Schizaster salutis, Schizaster sanctamariae, Schizaster sandiegensis, Schizaster santanae, Schizaster schlosseri, Schizaster sierrai, Schizaster sphenoides, Schizaster stalderi, Schizaster studeri, Schizaster subcylindricus

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of United States (2: California collections)

• Paleocene of United States (5: California)

Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence

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