Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Dendrasteridae
Full reference: J. Lambert. 1900. Étude sur quelques échinides de l’infra-Lias et du Lias. Bulletin de la Société des Sciences Historiques et Naturelles de l’Yonne 53(2):3-57
Parent taxon: Scutelliformes according to A. Kroh and A. B. Smith 2010
See also Durham 1955 and Durham 1966
Sister taxa: Abertellidae, Astriclypeidae, Echinarachniidae, Eoscutellidae, Mellitidae, Monophorasteridae, Placatenellidae, Protoscutellidae, Rotulidae, Scutasteridae, Scutellidae, Taiwanasteridae
Subtaxa: Dendraster Merriamaster Scaphechinus Scutellaster
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Japan (1 collection), Mexico (2), United States (56: California, Florida, Oregon, South Carolina)
• Blancan of United States (4: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (3: California)
• Pliocene of Mexico (7), United States (32: California, Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (6: California)
• Neogene of United States (1: Alaska)
• Miocene of Mexico (1), United States (14: Alaska, California, Oregon)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 128 collections including 143 occurrences