†Eoscutella Grant and Hertlein 1938 (sand dollar)
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Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Eoscutellidae
Full reference: U. S. Grant and L. G. Hertlein. 1938. The West American Cenozoic Echinoidea. Publications of the University of California at Los Angeles in Mathematical and Physical Sciences 2:1-225
Parent taxon: Eoscutellidae according to J. W. Durham 1955
See also Durham 1966, Grant and Hertlein 1938 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Eoscutella coosensis
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (2: Oregon collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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