†Brisaster maximus Clark 1937 (heart urchin)
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Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Full reference: H. L. Clark. 1937. A new sea-urchin from the "Oligocene" of Oregon. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 8(28):367-374
Belongs to Brisaster according to C. E. Weaver 1942
See also Grant and Hertlein 1938
Sister taxa: Brisaster latifrons, Brisaster moseleyi, Brisaster townsendi
Type specimen: MCZ 3830, a test. Its type locality is C. H. Bonham farm, which is in a Chattian marine horizon in Oregon.
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Oligocene of United States (2: Oregon, Washington collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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