†Agassizia (Anisaster) wilmingtonica Cooke 1942 (heart urchin)
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Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Full reference: C. W. Cooke. 1942. Cenozoic irregular echinoids of the Eastern United States. Journal of Paleontology 16:1-62
Belongs to Agassizia (Anisaster) according to P. M. Kier 1980
See also Cooke 1942
Sister taxon: Agassizia (Anisaster) mossomi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Wilmington City quarry, which is in a Bartonian deep subtidal ramp limestone in the Castle Hayne Formation of North Carolina
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (6: North Carolina, South Carolina collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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