Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Echinarachniidae
Parent taxon: Echinarachniidae according to C. A. Hall 1962
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Durham 1955, Durham 1966, Grant and Hertlein 1938, Kew 1920 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Echinarachnius, Kewia, Nipponaster, Pseudoastrodapsis, Remondella, Tenuirachnius, Vaquerosella
Subtaxa: Astrodapsis antiselli Astrodapsis arnoldi Astrodapsis brewerianus Astrodapsis cierboensis Astrodapsis davisi Astrodapsis diabloensis Astrodapsis fernandoensis Astrodapsis fresnoensis Astrodapsis israelskyi Astrodapsis jacalitosensis Astrodapsis kewi Astrodapsis pabloensis Astrodapsis peltoides Astrodapsis spatiosus Astrodapsis whitneyi
Type: Astrodapsis antiselli
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (9: California)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (1: California)
• Miocene of United States (28: California)
• Oligocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 40 collections including 56 occurrences
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