†Megapetalus lovenioides Clark 1929 (heart urchin)
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Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Asterostomatidae
Full reference: H. L. Clark. 1929. A new Miocene echinoid from California. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 5(17):257-262
Belongs to Megapetalus according to V. A. Zullo and J. W. Durham 1962
See also Clark 1929 and Grant and Hertlein 1938
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: LSJU 579, a test. Its type locality is LSJU 667, which is in a Miocene marine shale/sandstone in the Modelo Formation of California.
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (3: California collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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