Kingdom Animalia Family Schizasteridae Rank Genus | Class Echinoidea Phylum Echinodermata | |
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Similar Echinolampas, Clypeaster, Spatangoida, Spatangus, Hemiaster | ||
Schizaster is a genus of heart urchins belonging to the family Schizasteridae. The type species of the genus is Schizaster studeri.
Species
Extant and extinct species within this genus include:
The fossil record of the genus dates back to the Paleocene (age range: 66.043 to 0.012 million years ago). These fossils have been found all over the world.
References
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