Mecaster pseudofourneli Peron and Gauthier 1878 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae

Alternative combination: Hemiaster pseudofourneli

Belongs to Mecaster according to U. G. Yakouya-Moubamba and B. Musavu Moussavou 2017

See also Furon 1935, Néraudeau and Courville 1997 and Néraudeau et al. 1995

Sister taxa: Hemiaster (Mecaster) luynesi, Hemiaster (Mecaster) syriacus, Mecaster africanus, Mecaster aumalensis, Mecaster batnensis, Mecaster fourneli, Mecaster nicaisei, Mecaster orbignyanus, Mecaster palpebratus, Mecaster semicavatus, Mecaster toucasanus, Mecaster verneuili, Mecaster victoris

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Egypt (2 collections), Gabon (2), Jordan (1), Nigeria (10), Saudi Arabia (1)

Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence

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