Scutaster Pack 1909 (sand dollar)
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Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Scutasteridae
Full reference: R. W. Pack. 1909. Notes On Echinoids From The Tertiary of California. University of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 5(18):275-283
Parent taxon: Scutasteridae according to J. W. Durham 1955
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Durham 1966, Grant and Hertlein 1938, Kew 1920 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Scutaster andersoni Scutaster vaquerosensis
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (7: California collections)
Total: 7 collections including 9 occurrences
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