Pseudholaster Pomel 1883 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Holasteroida

Full reference: A. Pomel. 1883. Classification méthodique des échinides vivants et fossiles. Adolphe Jourdan, Alger 1-131

Parent taxon: Holasteroida according to C. G. Barras 2007

See also Sepkoski 2002, Smith 1991 and Wagner and Durham 1966

Sister taxa: Calymnidae, Coraster, Corechinus, Coryslus, Eoholaster, Hemipneustidae, Menuthiaster, Meridosternata, Nordenskjoeldaster, Physaster, Pomaster, Pseudholasteridae, Smithiaster, Stenonasteridae, Turanglaster

Subtaxa: Pseudholaster barthouxi Pseudholaster bicarinatus Pseudholaster tricarinatus

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Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (4 collections), Egypt (2), Germany (1), Madagascar (2)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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