Dendraster vizcainoensis Grant and Hertlein 1938 (sand dollar)

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

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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

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