Dendraster ashleyi
Dendraster ashley | |
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Fossil of Dendraster ashleyi from San Diego Formation, California | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Echinoidea |
Order: | Clypeasteroida |
Suborder: | Scutellina |
Family: | Dendrasteridae |
Genus: | Dendraster |
Species: | †D. ashleyi |
Binomial name | |
†Dendraster ashleyi (Arnold) | |
Dendraster ashleyi is an extinct species of sand dollars of the family Dendrasteridae. Fossil of this species have been found in the Pliocene of California (United States), about 5 Mya. They reach a diameter of about 3.5 cm.
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