Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Micrasteridae
Alternative spelling: Micrasterinae
Full reference: J. Lambert. 1920. Etude sur quelques formes primitives de Spatangidés. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Historiques et Naturelles de l’Yonne 73:1-41
Parent taxon: Micrasterina according to A. Kroh and A. B. Smith 2010
See also Fischer 1966
Sister taxa: Aeropsidae, Ovulasteridae, Plesiasteridae
Subtaxa: Brissopneustes Cyclasterinae Habanaster Isopneustes Micraster Ovulaster
Distribution:
• Miocene of Cuba (1 collection)
• Paleocene of Austria (2), Denmark (1), Egypt (1), France (1), Spain (1)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Austria (3), Belgium (2), the Czech Republic (1), Egypt (2), France (11), Germany (41), Japan (2), Poland (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (61), Tunisia (2), Turkmenistan (10), the United Kingdom (4), United States (15: Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas)
Total: 164 collections including 196 occurrences