Schizaster stalderi Weaver 1908 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Full reference: C. E. Weaver. 1908. New Echinoids From the Tertiary of California. University of California Publications, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5(17):271-274

Belongs to Schizaster according to W. S. W. Kew 1920

See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Grant and Hertlein 1938 and Weaver 1908

Sister taxa: Schizaster (Dipneustes), Schizaster (Ova), Schizaster (Paraster), Schizaster (Schizaster), Schizaster alcaldei, Schizaster americana, Schizaster bathypetalus, Schizaster beckeri, Schizaster brachypetalus, Schizaster californicus, Schizaster camagueyensis, Schizaster cartagensis, Schizaster cojimarensis, Schizaster compactus, Schizaster cordiformis, Schizaster costaricensis, Schizaster cristatus, Schizaster cubensis, Schizaster cubitabellae, Schizaster delgadoi, Schizaster diabloensis, Schizaster doederleini, Schizaster dumblei, Schizaster egozcuei, Schizaster fernandezi, Schizaster floridanus, Schizaster formelli, Schizaster gerthi, Schizaster habanensis, Schizaster lecontei, Schizaster llagunoi, Schizaster martinezensis, Schizaster moronensis, Schizaster munozi, Schizaster neuvitasensis, Schizaster panamensis, Schizaster pastelilloensis, Schizaster rimosus, Schizaster rojasi, Schizaster salutis, Schizaster sanctamariae, Schizaster sandiegensis, Schizaster santanae, Schizaster schlosseri, Schizaster sierrai, Schizaster sphenoides, Schizaster studeri, Schizaster subcylindricus

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Bear River (Pliocene of California)

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