Acriaster sergipensis Smith 1991 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Irregularia - Archiaciidae

Full reference: A. B. Smith. 1991. Taxonomic descriptions, in Cretaceous echinoids from north-eastern Brazil. Fossils and Strata 31:1-88

Belongs to Acriaster according to A. B. Smith 1991

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: USNM 448097. Its type locality is Lastro, perto de Maroim, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Riacheulo Formation of Brazil.

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution: found only at Lastro, perto de Maroim

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