Scutella (genus)
Scutella (genus) Temporal range: Oligocene–Quaternary | |
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Fossils of Scutella paulensis from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Echinoidea |
Subclass: | Euechinoidea |
Order: | Clypeasteroida |
Superfamily: | Scutellidea |
Family: | Scutellidae |
Genus: | Scutella Lamarck 1816 |
Scutella is an extinct genus of sand dollars (flat sea urchins) in the family Scutellidae.
These slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivores lived from the Oligocene to the Quaternary epoch (48.6 to 0.012 Ma.).[1]
Species
- Scutella gabbi Raimond 1863
- Scutella paulensis Agassiz 1841
References
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