Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Echinarachniidae
Alternative combinations: Astrodapsis merriami, Echinarachnius merriami, Scutella merriami
Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1905. A Stratigraphic Study in the Mount Diablo Range of California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Third Series Geology 2(2):1-148
Belongs to Vaquerosella according to J. W. Durham 1955
See also Anderson 1905, Clark and Twitchell 1915, Grant and Hertlein 1938, Kew 1920 and Stadum and Finger 2016
Sister taxa: Vaquerosella andersoni, Vaquerosella coreyi, Vaquerosella tejonensis, Vaquerosella vaquerosensis
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (21: California collections)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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