†Deakia armadilloensis Sanchez-Roig 1953 (heart urchin)
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Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae
Alternative combination: Macropneustes (Deakia) armadilloensis
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 Deakia according to M. Sanchez-Roig 1953
See also Kier 1984
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Sanchez Roig Tipo No773, a test.
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution: found only at Finca "Armadillo", Marroquin, Moron - Late Eocene (Eocene of Cuba)
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