Micraster cortestudinarium Goldfuss 1826 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Micrasteridae

Alternative combination: Spatangus cortestudinarium

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 glyphus, Micraster leskei, Micraster pseudorostratus, Micraster rogalae, Micraster schlueteri, Micraster schroederi, Micraster uddeni

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Skobelevskaya Syncline, northern wing (Coniacian) (Cretaceous of Turkmenistan)

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