Scutella (genus)

Scutella is an extinct genus of sand dollars (flat sea urchins) in the family Scutellidae.

Scutella (genus)
Temporal range: Oligocene–Quaternary
Fossils of Scutella paulensis from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
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Scutella

Lamarck 1816

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
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