Scutellaster cretaceus Cragin 1895 (sand dollar)

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Dendrasteridae

Belongs to Scutellaster according to W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell 1915

Sister taxa: Scutellaster interlineatus, Anorthoscutum oregonensis

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at North Shooks Run Park (Cretaceous of Colorado)

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