Opissaster derasmoi Checchia-Rispoli 1850 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Belongs to Opissaster according to J. Roman 1976

Sister taxa: Opissaster cantabriae, Opissaster herrerae, Opissaster rotundatus, Opissaster tainui

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution:

• Eocene of Qatar (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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