Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Echinarachniidae
Alternative combination: Astrodapsis arnoldi spatiosus
Synonyms: Astrodapsis salinasensis Richards 1935, Astrodapsis scutelliformis Kew 1920
Full reference: W. S. W. Kew. 1920. Cretaceous And Cenozoic Echinoidea of the Pacific coast of North America. University Of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 23-236
Belongs to Astrodapsis according to C. A. Hall 1962
See also Grant and Hertlein 1938 and Kew 1920
Sister taxa: Astrodapsis antiselli, Astrodapsis arnoldi, Astrodapsis brewerianus, Astrodapsis cierboensis, Astrodapsis davisi, Astrodapsis depressus, Astrodapsis diabloensis, Astrodapsis fernandoensis, Astrodapsis fresnoensis, Astrodapsis israelskyi, Astrodapsis jacalitosensis, Astrodapsis kewi, Astrodapsis pabloensis, Astrodapsis peltoides, Astrodapsis whitneyi
Type specimens:
- Astrodapsis spatiosus: UCMP 11041
- Astrodapsis salinasensis:
- Astrodapsis scutelliformis: UCMP 31048.
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (8: California collections)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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