†Lajanaster jacksoni Lambert and Sanchez Roig 1926 (heart urchin)
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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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