Micraster corbovis Forbes 1850 (heart urchin)

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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