Caribbaster loveni Cotteau 1875 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Alternative combination: Prenaster loveni

Belongs to Caribbaster according to S. K. Donovan and D-A. C. Rowe 2000

See also Kier 1984

Sister taxa: none

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Pimento Hill, Beecher Town, St. Ann parish [Swanswick Fm] (Eocene to Eocene of Jamaica)

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