Scutellidae
| Scutellidae Temporal range: Oligocene–Quaternary <[1] | |
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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 Angas 1871 |
Scutellidae is an extinct family of fossil sand dollars (flat sea urchins) in the superfamily Scutellidea.
Genera
According to World Register of Marine Species :
- genus Allaster Nisiyama, 1968 †
- genus Parascutella Durham, 1953a †
- genus Remondella Durham, 1955 †
- genus Samlandaster Lambert, in Lambert & Thiéry, 1914 †
- genus Scaphechinus A. Agassiz, 1864
- genus Scutella Lamarck, 1816 †
- genus Scutulum Tournouër, 1869 †
References
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