Isopneustes (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Micrasteridae

Parent taxon: Micrasteridae according to A. G. Fischer 1966

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Brissopneustes, Cyclasterinae, Diplodetus, Habanaster, Micraster, Ovulaster

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Jacque, Aquitaine, France (Paleocene of France)

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