Pericosmus israelskyi Durham 1961 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Paleopneustidae

Full reference: J. W. Durham. 1961. Miocene echinoids from the Valle Central, Costa Rica. Journal of Paleontology 35(3):480-488

Belongs to Pericosmus according to J. W. Durham 1961

Sister taxa: Pericosmus (Pericosmus), Pericosmus (Victoriaster), Pericosmus aguayoi, Pericosmus altus, Pericosmus annosus, Pericosmus artemisae, Pericosmus atolladosae, Pericosmus blanquizalensis, Pericosmus borraeus, Pericosmus camagueyanus, Pericosmus crawfordi, Pericosmus cubanus, Pericosmus latus, Pericosmus mortenseni, Pericosmus roigi, Pericosmus scaevus, Pericosmus valenzuelai, Pericosmus zanolettii

Type specimen: USNM 563458, a test. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 20001 - ridge between Candelaria and Río Ciruelas, which is in a Miocene/Miocene offshore siliciclastic in Costa Rica.

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at USGS Loc. 20001 - ridge between Candelaria and Río Ciruelas

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