Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Prenasteridae

Full reference: A. S. Osborn, R. Mooi, and C. N. Cimpaglio. 2016. Additions to the Eocene echinoid fauna of the southeastern United States, including a new genus and species of prenasterid heart urchin. Southeastern Geology 52(1):33-59

Belongs to Carolinaster according to A. S. Osborn et al. 2016

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: UF 238472. Its type locality is Martin Marietta Quarry [Castle Hayne Limestone], which is in a Bartonian deep subtidal wackestone/grainstone in the Castle Hayne Formation of North Carolina.

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: found only at Martin Marietta Quarry [Castle Hayne Limestone]

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Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.