Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Echinarachniidae
Full reference: J. W. Durham. 1955. Classification of clypeasteroid echinoids. California University Publications in Geological Sciences 31:73-198
Parent taxon: Echinarachniidae according to J. W. Durham 1955
See also Durham 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Astrodapsis, Echinarachnius, Kewia, Nipponaster, Pseudoastrodapsis, Remondella, Tenuirachnius
Subtaxa: Vaquerosella andersoni Vaquerosella coreyi Vaquerosella merriami Vaquerosella tejonensis Vaquerosella vaquerosensis
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of Mexico (2 collections), United States (38: California)
• Oligocene of Mexico (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 42 collections including 59 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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