Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Dendrasteridae
Synonyms: Anorthoscutum Lambert and Thiery 1914, Calaster Kew 1920, Dendraster (Calaster) Kew 1920
Full reference: F. W. Cragin. 1895. A new Cretaceous genus of Clypeasteridae. The American Geologist 20:90-91
Parent taxon: Dendrasteridae according to J. W. Durham 1955
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Durham 1966, Faustman 1964, Grant and Hertlein 1938, Howe 1922, Kew 1920, Kiessling 2003, Sepkoski 2002 and Wagner 1974
Sister taxa: Dendraster, Merriamaster, Scaphechinus
Subtaxa: Anorthoscutum oregonensis Scutellaster cretaceus Scutellaster interlineatus
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (1: Oregon collection)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of United States (2: California)
• Miocene of United States (4: Alaska, Oregon)
• Neogene of United States (1: Alaska)
• Cretaceous of United States (1: Colorado)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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