Parascutella Durham 1953 (sand dollar)

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Scutellidae

Full reference: J. W. Durham. 1953. Type Species of Scutella. Journal of Paleontology 27:347-352

Parent taxon: Scutellidae according to J. W. Durham 1955

See also Durham 1953 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Parmulechinus, Scutella

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Miocene of Austria (3 collections), Egypt (1), Libya (1)

• Oligocene of Iran (1)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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