Lajanaster jacksoni Lambert and Sanchez Roig 1926 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Belongs to Lajanaster according to Lambert and Sanchez Roig 1926

See also Kier 1984

Sister taxa: Lajanaster hernandezi, Lajanaster rojasi

Type specimen: Its type locality is "Cervantes", San José de las Lajas, which is in a Miocene/Miocene marine horizon in Cuba

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at "Cervantes", San José de las Lajas

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