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Isopneustes Pomel, 1883, p. 43

[non 1888 Isopneustes Seunes [=Cyclaster] ]

Diagnostic Features	Small Micraster-like form lacking a frontal sulcus
Distribution	Upper Cretaceous
Type	Cyclaster bourgeoisi Cotteau, by subsequent designation of Lambert & Thiery, 1921, p. 483.
Species Included	Pomel (1883) included just two species, Cyclaster bourgeoisi and C. integer.
Classification and/or Status	Subjective junior synonym of Micraster or Epiaster.  Currently too poorly known to determine more precisely.
Remarks	Pomel, A. 1883. Classification méthodique et Genera des échinides vivante et fossiles. Théses présentées a la Faculté des Sciences de Paris pour obtenir le Grade de Docteur des Sciences Naturelles 503, Aldolphe Jourdan, Alger, 131 pp.