Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Alternative combination: Hemiaster fourneli
Belongs to Mecaster according to C. L. C. Manso and E. J. Andrade 2008
See also Néraudeau and Courville 1997, Pomel 1883, Riedel 1933 and Smith 1991
Sister taxa: Hemiaster (Mecaster) luynesi, Hemiaster (Mecaster) syriacus, Mecaster africanus, Mecaster aumalensis, Mecaster batnensis, Mecaster nicaisei, Mecaster orbignyanus, Mecaster palpebratus, Mecaster pseudofourneli, Mecaster semicavatus, Mecaster toucasanus, Mecaster verneuili, Mecaster victoris
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Brazil (59 collections), Cameroon (1), Egypt (13), Nigeria (1), Peru (3)
Total: 77 collections each including a single occurrence
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