Merriamaster Lambert 1911 (sand dollar)

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Dendrasteridae

Synonym: Orchoporus Lambert and Thiery 1914

Parent taxon: Dendrasteridae according to J. W. Durham 1955

See also Durham 1966, Grant and Hertlein 1938 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Dendraster, Scaphechinus, Scutellaster

Subtaxa: Merriamaster perrini Merriamaster weaveri Orchoporus koehleri Orchoporus lamberti

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Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Blancan of United States (2: California collections)

• Pliocene of United States (6: California)

• Miocene of United States (1: California)

Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence

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