Micraster

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Micraster
Fossil range: Late Cretaceous
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Subclass: Euechinoidea
Order: Spatangoida
Genus: Micraster
Agassiz, 1836

Micraster is an extinct genus of echinoid from the Late Cretaceous. Its remains have been found in Africa, Antarctica, Europe, and North America.

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  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 185)

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