Micraster schlueteri Böhm 1891 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Micrasteridae

Full reference: J. Böhm. 1891. Die Kreidebildungen des Fürbergs und Sulzbergs bei Siegsdorf in Oberbayern. Palaeontographica 38:1-106

Belongs to Micraster according to J. Böhm 1891

Sister taxa: Micraster (Gibbaster), Micraster (Micraster), Micraster (Plesiaster), Micraster acutus, Micraster americanus, Micraster carinatus, Micraster coranguinum, Micraster corbovis, Micraster cortestudinarium, Micraster glyphus, Micraster leskei, Micraster pseudorostratus, Micraster rogalae, Micraster schroederi, Micraster uddeni

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Pattenauer Stollen (Cretaceous of Germany)

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