†Plagiobrissus loveni Cotteau 1875 (heart urchin)
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Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae
Belongs to Plagiobrissus according to M. Sanchez-Roig 1953
Sister taxa: Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) curvus, Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) dixie, Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) gardnerae, Eupatagus (Plagiobrissus) holmesii, Plagiobrissus (Rhabdobrissus), Plagiobrissus costaricensis, Plagiobrissus grandis, Plagiobrissus malavassii, Plagiobrissus robustus
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution: found only at Canteras de Caraballo, loma Caoba, San Diego de los Banos (Eocene of Cuba)
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