Schizaster (Paraster) rougeriei Tessier and Roman 1973 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Full reference: F. Tessier and J. Roman. 1973. Études paléontologiques et géologiques sur les Falaises de Fresco (Côte d'Ivoire). 6. Échinides. Annales de la Faculté des Sciences, Université de Dakar 26:139-172

Belongs to Schizaster (Paraster) according to F. Tessier and J. Roman 1973

Sister taxa: Paraster armiger, Paraster delgadoi, Paraster eustatii, Paraster joannisboehmi, Paraster pinarensis, Schizaster (Paraster) carinatus, Schizaster (Paraster) delorenzoi, Schizaster (Paraster) exoletus, Schizaster (Paraster) tatei

Type specimen: MNHN-F-R06435. Its type locality is Falaises de Fresco, bed 2-5 undivided, which is in a Ypresian marine sandstone in the Falaises de Fresco Formation of Cote D'Ivoire.

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Falaises de Fresco, bed 2-5 undivided

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