Mecaster Pomel 1883 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Hemiasteridae

Alternative spelling: Hemiaster (Mecaster)

Full reference: A. Pomel. 1883. Classification méthodique des échinides vivants et fossiles. Adolphe Jourdan, Alger 1-131

Parent taxon: Hemiasteridae according to A. B. Smith 2010

See also Berndt 2003, Fischer 1966, Manso and Andrade 2008, Saucède and Néraudeau 2006, Smith 1991 and Smith 1995

Sister taxa: Cheopsia, Crucibrissus, Distefanaster, Ditremaster, Eoagassizia, Hemiaster, Heterolampas, Holcopneustes, Hypsopatagus, Isopetalum, Palhemiaster, Periaster, Psephoaster, Tripylaster, Vomeraster, Washitaster

Subtaxa: Hemiaster (Mecaster) luynesi Hemiaster (Mecaster) syriacus Mecaster africanus Mecaster aumalensis Mecaster batnensis Mecaster fourneli Mecaster nicaisei Mecaster orbignyanus Mecaster palpebratus Mecaster pseudofourneli Mecaster semicavatus Mecaster toucasanus Mecaster verneuili Mecaster victoris

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Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Brazil (151 collections), Cameroon (1), Egypt (41), France (2), Gabon (5), Jordan (3), Nigeria (17), Peru (3), Portugal (1), Saudi Arabia (3), Spain (3), United States (25: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas)

Total: 255 collections including 280 occurrences

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