Schizaster (Paraster) carinatus McNamara and Philip 1980 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Full reference: K. J. McNamara and G. M. Philip. 1980. Australian Tertiary schizasterid echinoids. Alcheringa 4(1):47-65

Belongs to Schizaster (Paraster) according to K. J. McNamara and G. M. Philip 1980

Sister taxa: Paraster armiger, Paraster delgadoi, Paraster eustatii, Paraster joannisboehmi, Paraster pinarensis, Schizaster (Paraster) delorenzoi, Schizaster (Paraster) exoletus, Schizaster (Paraster) rougeriei, Schizaster (Paraster) tatei

Type specimen: CPC 482. Its type locality is Giralia Anticline, west flank, north end, which is in a Paleocene/Paleocene marine sandstone in the Pirie calcarenite Formation of Australia.

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Giralia Anticline, west flank, north end

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