Cheopsia (heart urchin)

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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