†Aguayoaster (heart urchin)
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Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Parent taxon: Schizasteridae according to S. K. Donovan and D-A. C. Rowe 2000
See also Fischer 1966, Kier 1984 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Abatus, Agassizia, Brisaster, Brisasterinae, Caribbaster, Diploporaster, Faorina, Hemifaorina, Hemigymnia, Kina, Lambertona, Linthia, Moira, Opissaster, Parabrissus, Peribrissus, Prenaster, Proraster, Pseudobrissus, Schizaster, Schizopneustes, Tripylus
Subtaxa: Aguayoaster aquayoi Aguayoaster nuevitasensi Aguayoaster schickleri
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution: found only at Pimento Hill, Beecher Town, St. Ann parish [Swanswick Fm] (Eocene to Eocene of Jamaica)
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