Astrodapsis israelskyi Jordan and Hertlein 1926 (sand dollar)

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Echinarachniidae

Full reference: E. K. Jordan and L. G. Hertlein. 1926. Expedition to the Revillagigedo Islands, Mexico, in 1925, VII. Contribution to the geology and paleontology of the Tertiary of Cedros Island and adjacent parts of Lower California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 15(14):409-464

Belongs to Astrodapsis according to E. K. Jordan and L. G. Hertlein 1926

See also Grant and Hertlein 1938

Sister taxa: Astrodapsis antiselli, Astrodapsis arnoldi, Astrodapsis brewerianus, Astrodapsis cierboensis, Astrodapsis davisi, Astrodapsis diabloensis, Astrodapsis fernandoensis, Astrodapsis fresnoensis, Astrodapsis jacalitosensis, Astrodapsis kewi, Astrodapsis pabloensis, Astrodapsis peltoides, Astrodapsis spatiosus, Astrodapsis whitneyi

Type specimen: Its type locality is C.A.S. Loc. 928, Bernstein's Abalone Camp, which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone/gravel in Mexico.

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at C.A.S. Loc. 928, Bernstein's Abalone Camp

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