Astrodapsis spatiosus Kew 1920 (sand dollar)

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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