†Antillaster aibeari Kier 1984 (heart urchin)
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Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Asterostomatidae
Full reference: P. M. Kier. 1984. Fossil spatangoid echinoids of Cuba. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 55:1-336
Belongs to Antillaster according to P. M. Kier 1984
Sister taxa: Antillaster arnoldi, Antillaster cartagensis, Antillaster castroi, Antillaster cubensis, Antillaster depressus, Antillaster elegans, Antillaster estenozi, Antillaster fernandezi, Antillaster flexuosus, Antillaster giganteus, Antillaster lamberti, Antillaster sanchezi, Antillaster vaughani
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Antillaster aibeari in the database
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