†Taimanawa pulchella Henderson and Fell 1969 (heart urchin)
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Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae
Belongs to Taimanawa according to Henderson and Fell 1969
Sister taxa: Taimanawa greyi, Taimanawa prisca, Taimanawa rostrata
Type specimen: OU.8590, a test
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution: found only at L35/f7517 - Burnt Hill (Miocene of New Zealand)
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