Micraster (Plesiaster) Pomel 1883 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Micrasteridae

Alternative spelling: Plesiaster

Full reference: A. Pomel. 1883. Classification méthodique des échinides vivants et fossiles. Adolphe Jourdan, Alger 1-131

Parent taxon: Micraster according to Stephenson 1941

See also Fischer 1966 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Micraster (Gibbaster), Micraster (Micraster), Micraster acutus, Micraster americanus, Micraster carinatus, Micraster coranguinum, Micraster corbovis, Micraster cortestudinarium, Micraster glyphus, Micraster leskei, Micraster pseudorostratus, Micraster rogalae, Micraster schlueteri, Micraster schroederi, Micraster uddeni

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Japan (2 collections), Tunisia (1)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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