†Agassizia (Anisaster) mossomi Cooke 1942 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Alternative combination: Agassizia mossomi

Full reference: C. W. Cooke. 1942. Cenozoic irregular echinoids of the Eastern United States. Journal of Paleontology 16:1-62

Belongs to Agassizia (Anisaster) according to C. W. Cooke 1959

See also Cooke 1942 and Kier 1997

Sister taxon: Agassizia (Anisaster) wilmingtonica

Type specimen: USNM 498989, a test

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution:

• Arikareean of United States (1: Florida collection)

• Oligocene of United States (7: Florida, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas)

Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence

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