Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Scutasteridae

Full reference: J. W. Durham. 1955. Classification of clypeasteroid echinoids. California University Publications in Geological Sciences 31:73-198

Parent taxon: Scutelliformes according to A. Kroh and A. B. Smith 2010

See also Durham 1955 and Durham 1966

Sister taxa: Abertellidae, Astriclypeidae, Dendrasteridae, Echinarachniidae, Eoscutellidae, Mellitidae, Monophorasteridae, Placatenellidae, Protoscutellidae, Rotulidae, Scutellidae, Taiwanasteridae

Subtaxa: Scutaster

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Type: Scutaster

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at UCMP loc. A-244, Santa Paula (Miocene of California)

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