†Cheopsia (heart urchin)
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Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Parent taxon: Hemiasteridae according to A. G. Fischer 1966
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Crucibrissus, Distefanaster, Ditremaster, Eoagassizia, Hemiaster, Heterolampas, Holcopneustes, Hypsopatagus, Isopetalum, Mecaster, Palhemiaster, Periaster, Psephoaster, Tripylaster, Vomeraster, Washitaster
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Cheopsia in the database
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