†Enallaster d'Orbigny 1853 (heart urchin)
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Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Toxasteridae
Parent taxon: Toxasteridae according to A. Morishita 1964
See also Benavides-Caceres 1956 and Clark and Twitchell 1915
Sister taxa: Adytaster, Aphelaster, Douvillaster, Enallopneustes, Heteraster, Isaster, Macraster, Mokotibaster, Polydesmaster, Toxaster
Subtaxa: Enallaster obliquatus Enallaster texanus Enallaster yuasensis
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Chile (1 collection), Egypt (1), Japan (1), Mexico (3), Peru (9), United States (2: Texas)
Total: 17 collections including 18 occurrences
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