†Aphelaster Lambert 1920 (heart urchin)
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Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Toxasteridae
Full reference: J. Lambert. 1920. Echinides du Crétacé inférieur de la Provence. Notes Provençales 11:1-24
Parent taxon: Toxasteridae according to A. G. Fischer 1966
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Adytaster, Douvillaster, Enallaster, Enallopneustes, Heteraster, Isaster, Macraster, Mokotibaster, Polydesmaster, Toxaster
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Aphelaster in the database
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