The spatangoid genus Schizaster Agassiz is recorded, for the first time, from the Lutetian (Middle Eocene) deposits of Sargaz area, south of Kerman, Iran. The Lutetian sediments of Sargaz region contain a rich and divers echinoid fauna represented by Cidaridae, Conoclypeidae, Echinolampadidae, Toxopneustidae, Phymosomatidae and Schizasteridae. Schizasteroid echinoids are an important component ...

echinoids fauna are common and distributed in the lower miocene deposits of the bagher abad area, northeast isfahan, central iran.there are six echinoid taxa belonging to the echinoidea class that can be described as: clypeaster intermedius, prinocidaris sp. andspines related to: eucidaris zaemays, stylocidaris polyacantha, spatangoid sp. and prinocidaris sp. bivalves, foraminifers,bryozoans, b...