†Parascutella Durham 1953 (sand dollar)
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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
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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