†Opissaster tainui Henderson 1975 (heart urchin)
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Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Full reference: R. A. Henderson. 1975. Cenozoic Spatangoid Echinoids from New Zealand. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 46:1-129
Belongs to Opissaster according to R. A. Henderson 1975
Sister taxa: Opissaster cantabriae, Opissaster derasmoi, Opissaster herrerae, Opissaster rotundatus
Type specimen: EC.400
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution: found only at R19/f8019 - Table Mountain (Miocene of New Zealand)
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