Scutellina Agassiz 1841 (sand dollar)

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Fibulariidae

Parent taxon: Fibulariidae according to J. F. Carrasco and J. Cardiel-Lalueza 2015

See also Durham 1955, Durham 1966, Sepkoski 2002 and Smith 2009

Sister taxa: Cyamidia, Echinocyamus, Eoscutum, Fibularia, Fibulariella, Fibulaster, Lenicyamidia, Leniechinus, Lenita, Mortonia, Porpitella, Tarphypygus, Thagastea, Togocyamus

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Wadi Thamat - Wadi Tamet Formation (Eocene of Libya)

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