Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae
Synonym: Palmeraster Sánchez Roig 1949
Parent taxon: Brissidae according to P. M. Kier 1984
See also Cooke 1942, Fischer 1966, Henderson 1975 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arcaechinus, Brissopatagus, Brissopsidae, Brissopsis, Brissus, Cionobrissus, Eupatagus, Fernandezaster, Fourtaunia, Gillechinus, Gualtieria, Hernandezaster, Herreraster, Hikelaster, Hysteraster, Lajanaster, Macropneustes, Mariania, Mauritanaster, Megapneustes, Meoma, Metalia, Migliorinia, Pharaonaster, Plagiobrissus, Plesiopatagus, Radiobrissus, Rhynobrissus, Rojasia, Stomaporus, Taimanawa, Trachypatagus
Subtaxa: Cyclaster aturicus Cyclaster danicus Cyclaster drewryensis Cyclaster galei Cyclaster jacksoni Cyclaster posita Cyclaster sanchezi
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Australia (3 collections), Cuba (1), New Zealand (1)
• Waitakian of New Zealand (4)
• Oligocene of Australia (2), United States (4: Alabama)
• Paleocene of Austria (1), Denmark (1), France (1), Kazakhstan (1), Spain (1)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (2), Cuba (1), France (3), Germany (1), Kazakhstan (2), Spain (4)
Total: 33 collections including 35 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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