Family Aeropsidae Lambert 1896 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Aeropsidae

Alternative spelling: Aeropidae

Full reference: J. Lambert. 1896. Notes sur quelques Echinides Crétacés de Madagascar. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, Série 3 24:313-332

Parent taxon: Micrasterina according to A. Kroh and A. B. Smith 2010

See also Fischer 1966

Sister taxa: Micrasteridae, Ovulasteridae, Plesiasteridae

Subtaxa: Corasterinae Sphenaster

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Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Navarra Larumbe (Paleocene of Spain)

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