Diploporaster Mortensen 1950 (heart urchin)
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Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Parent taxon: Schizasteridae according to R. A. Henderson 1975
See also Fischer 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Abatus, Agassizia, Aguayoaster, Brisaster, Brisasterinae, Caribbaster, Faorina, Hemifaorina, Hemigymnia, Kina, Lambertona, Linthia, Moira, Opissaster, Parabrissus, Peribrissus, Prenaster, Proraster, Pseudobrissus, Schizaster, Schizopneustes, Tripylus
Subtaxa: Diploporaster flemingi
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of New Zealand (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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