Prosostoma jimenoi Cotteau 1870 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Asterostomatidae

Alternative combination: Asterostoma jimenoi

Belongs to Prosostoma according to M. Sanchez Roig 1926

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Matanzas (Eocene of Cuba)

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