†Micraster leskei d'Orbigny 1855 (heart urchin)
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Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Micrasteridae
Belongs to Micraster according to G. N. Djabarov 1964
Sister taxa: Micraster (Gibbaster), Micraster (Micraster), Micraster (Plesiaster), Micraster acutus, Micraster americanus, Micraster carinatus, Micraster coranguinum, Micraster corbovis, Micraster cortestudinarium, Micraster glyphus, Micraster pseudorostratus, Micraster rogalae, Micraster schlueteri, Micraster schroederi, Micraster uddeni
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (1 collection), Egypt (1), Germany (11), Poland (1), Turkmenistan (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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