Sanchezaster (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Urechinidae

Parent taxon: Urechinidae according to P. M. Kier 1984

See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wagner and Durham 1966

Sister taxa: Carnarechinus, Chelonechinus, Urechinus

Subtaxa: Sanchezaster habanensis

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Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at "Cervantes", San José de las Lajas (Miocene to Miocene of Cuba)

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