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Family of echinoderms

Scutellidae
Temporal range: Oligocene–Quaternary PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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
Gray, 1825

Scutellidae is a family of sand dollars (flat sea urchins) in the superfamily Scutellidea. All genera except Scaphechinus are extinct.

Genera

As of 2017, the World Register of Marine Species recognizes the following seven genera in this family:

References

  1. The Paleobiology Database
  2. Gray, J. E. (1825). "An Attempt to divide the Echinida or Sea Eggs, into Natural Families". Annals of Philosophy. New Series. 10 (6): 427–428.
  3. Kroh, A. (2012). Kroh A, Mooi R (eds.). "Scutellidae Gray, 1825". World Echinoidea Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 6 September 2017.
Taxon identifiers
Scutellidae


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