Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Micrasteridae
Full reference: E. Forbes. 1850. Description of the fossils of the Chalk Formation. Notes on Cretaceous Echinodermata. The Geology and Fossils of the Tertiary and Cretaceous Formations of Sussex 325-343
Belongs to Micraster according to G. N. Djabarov 1964
See also Forbes 1850
Sister taxa: Micraster (Gibbaster), Micraster (Micraster), Micraster (Plesiaster), Micraster acutus, Micraster americanus, Micraster carinatus, Micraster coranguinum, Micraster cortestudinarium, Micraster glyphus, Micraster leskei, Micraster pseudorostratus, Micraster rogalae, Micraster schlueteri, Micraster schroederi, Micraster uddeni
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (2 collections), Turkmenistan (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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