Micraster leskei d'Orbigny 1855 (heart urchin)

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

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