Murraypneustes biannulatus Holmes et al. 2005 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida

Full reference: F. C. Holmes, C. Ah Tee, and J. Krause. 2005. Two new Middle Miocene spatangoids (Echinoidea) from the Murray Basin, South Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 62(1):91-99

Belongs to Murraypneustes according to F. C. Holmes et al. 2005

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Holotype NMV P312370, Paratypes NMV P312371 and P312372

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at PL3203 - Left bank of the Murray River, 7 km NNE of Blanchetown (Miocene of Australia)

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