†Macropneustes (Macropneustes) Agassiz 1847 (heart urchin)
Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae
Parent taxon: Macropneustes according to Agassiz 1847
Sister taxa: Macropneustes (Deakia), Macropneustes brodermani, Macropneustes gomezmazae, Macropneustes mortoni, Macropneustes ventricosus
Subtaxa: Macropneustes (Macropneustes) palmeri
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution: found only at SSE of Cartagena, Santa Clara (Eocene to Oligocene of Cuba)