Echinoidea - Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Full reference: O. I. Shmidt. 1976. O pervykh nakhodkakh morskikh ezhey v verkhnemelovykh otlozheniyakh Sovetskoy Arktiki. Trudy Vsesoyuzhnogo Neftyanogo Nauchno-Issledovatelskogo Geologorazvedochnogo Instituta 388:151-156
Belongs to Cardiaster according to O. I. Shmidt 1976
Sister taxa: Cardiaster batnensis, Cardiaster cubensis, Cardiaster curtus, Cardiaster deciper, Cardiaster granulosus, Cardiaster jugatus, Cardiaster leonensis, Cardiaster marylandicus, Cardiaster palmeri, Cardiaster smocki
Type specimen: Its type locality is Well 4 (135.3-142.8 m), Bolshaya Kheta river, which is in a Santonian marine claystone in the Russian Federation
Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Well 4 (135.3-142.8 m), Bolshaya Kheta river
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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