Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Full reference: S. G. Parma and S. Casadío. 2005. Upper Cretaceous-Paleocene Echinoids from Northern Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 79(6):1072-1087
Belongs to Paraster according to S. G. Parma and S. Casadío 2005
Sister taxa: Paraster armiger, Paraster delgadoi, Paraster eustatii, Paraster pinarensis, Schizaster (Paraster) carinatus, Schizaster (Paraster) delorenzoi, Schizaster (Paraster) exoletus, Schizaster (Paraster) rougeriei, Schizaster (Paraster) tatei
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Argentina (3 collections)
• Cretaceous of Argentina (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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