†Unifascia carolinensis Clark and Twitchell 1915 (heart urchin)
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Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Prenasteridae
Alternative combination: Macropneustes carolinensis
Full reference: W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell. 1915. The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 54:1-341
Belongs to Unifascia according to P. M. Kier 1980
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915 and Cooke 1942
Sister taxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (7: North Carolina, South Carolina collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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