Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Echinarachniidae
Synonyms: Astrodapsis altus Kew 1915, Astrodapsis margaritanus Kew 1920, Astrodapsis ornatus Kew 1920, Astrodapsis tumidus Rémond 1863
Full reference: T. A. Conrad. 1856. Descriptions of three new genera; twenty-three new species Middle Tertiary fossils from California, and one from Texas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8:301-327
Belongs to Astrodapsis according to C. A. Hall 1962
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Conrad 1856, Gabb 1866, Grant and Hertlein 1938, Kew 1915, Kew 1920, Merriam 1899, Pack 1909 and Rémond 1863
Sister taxa: Astrodapsis arnoldi, Astrodapsis brewerianus, Astrodapsis cierboensis, Astrodapsis davisi, Astrodapsis diabloensis, Astrodapsis fernandoensis, Astrodapsis fresnoensis, Astrodapsis israelskyi, Astrodapsis jacalitosensis, Astrodapsis kewi, Astrodapsis pabloensis, Astrodapsis peltoides, Astrodapsis spatiosus, Astrodapsis whitneyi
Subtaxa: Astrodapsis tumidus cierboensis
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (4: California collections)
Total: 4 collections including 6 occurrences
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