†Eoagassizia Grant and Hertlein 1938 (heart urchin)
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Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae
Full reference: U. S. Grant and L. G. Hertlein. 1938. The West American Cenozoic Echinoidea. Publications of the University of California at Los Angeles in Mathematical and Physical Sciences 2:1-225
Parent taxon: Hemiasteridae according to U. S. Grant and L. G. Hertlein 1938
Sister taxa: Cheopsia, Crucibrissus, Distefanaster, Ditremaster, Hemiaster, Heterolampas, Holcopneustes, Hypsopatagus, Isopetalum, Mecaster, Palhemiaster, Periaster, Psephoaster, Tripylaster, Vomeraster, Washitaster
Subtaxa: Eoagassizia alta
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution: found only at Point of Rocks (Eocene of California)
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