Scaphechinus Agassiz 1863 (sand dollar)

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Dendrasteridae

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

See also Durham 1966 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Dendraster, Merriamaster, Scutellaster

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at GH77-2-754 - Early Pleistocene, Yamaguchi Prefecture (Quaternary of Japan)

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