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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