†Brissopatagus rojasi Sanchez-Roig 1953 (heart urchin)
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Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae
Full reference: M. Sanchez-Roig. 1953. Nuevos Equinidos fosiles de la fauna Cubana. Anales de la Academia de Ciencias Medicas, Fisicas Y Naturales de la Habana 41:136-176
Belongs to Brissopatagus according to M. Sanchez-Roig 1953
Sister taxon: Eupatagus (Brissopatagus) alabamensis
Type specimen: Sanchez Roig Tipo No. 772, a test. Its type locality is Finca "San Jose", Corral Concepcion, Moron, which is in an Eocene carbonate carbonate in Cuba.
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of Cuba (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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