†Diplodetus (heart urchin)
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Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Micrasteridae
Parent taxon: Micrasteridae according to S. G. Parma and S. CasadÃo 2005
See also Fischer 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Brissopneustes, Cyclasterinae, Habanaster, Isopneustes, Micraster, Ovulaster
Subtaxa: Diplodetus (Diplodetus) Diplodetus (Protobrissus) Diplodetus nutrix Diplodetus recklinghausenensis
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Argentina (1 collection), the Netherlands (1)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (2)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1), Belgium (6), Germany (2), the Netherlands (3), Spain (1)
Total: 17 collections including 21 occurrences
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