Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Micrasteridae
Parent taxon: Micrasteridae according to A. G. Fischer 1966
See also Djabarov 1964 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Brissopneustes, Cyclasterinae, Diplodetus, Habanaster, Isopneustes, Ovulaster, Roweaster
Subtaxa: Micraster (Gibbaster) Micraster (Micraster) Micraster (Plesiaster) Micraster acutus Micraster americanus Micraster carinatus Micraster coranguinum Micraster corbovis Micraster cortestudinarium Micraster glyphus Micraster leskei Micraster pseudorostratus Micraster rogalae Micraster schlueteri Micraster schroederi Micraster uddeni
Type: Spatangus coranguinum
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Denmark (1 collection), Egypt (1), Spain (1)
• Cretaceous of Antarctica (1), Austria (3), Belgium (2), the Czech Republic (1), Egypt (2), France (11), Germany (39), Japan (2), Poland (1), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Spain (62), Tunisia (2), Turkmenistan (10), the United Kingdom (4), United States (15: Arkansas, Mississippi, Texas)
Total: 159 collections including 191 occurrences
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