Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Dendrasteridae
Full reference: U. S. Grant and L. G. Hertlein. 1938. The West American Cenozoic Echinoidea. Publications of the University of California at Los Angeles in Mathematical and Physical Sciences 2:1-225
Belongs to Dendraster according to U. S. Grant and L. G. Hertlein 1938
Sister taxa: Dendraster arnoldi, Dendraster ashleyi, Dendraster casseli, Dendraster cedrosensis, Dendraster coalingaensis, Dendraster diegoensis, Dendraster elsmerensis, Dendraster excentricus, Dendraster gibbsii, Dendraster hesperis, Dendraster jacalitosensis, Dendraster pacificus, Dendraster pentagonalis, Dendraster sullivani, Dendraster venturaensis
Subtaxa: Dendraster vizcainoensis similaris
Type specimen: Its type locality is Santa Rosalia, which is in a Quaternary marine horizon in Mexico
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (1 collection), United States (2: California)
Total: 3 collections including 4 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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