Scutellidae

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

Scutellidae
Temporal range: Oligocene–Quaternary [1]
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[2]

Genera

As of 2017, the World Register of Marine Species recognizes the following seven genera in this family:[3]

  • †Allaster Nisiyama, 1968
  • †Parascutella Durham, 1953
  • †Remondella Durham, 1955
  • †Samlandaster Lambert, in Lambert & Thiéry, 1914
  • Scaphechinus A. Agassiz, 1864
  • †Scutella Lamarck, 1816
  • †Scutulum Tournouër, 1869
  • Scaphechinus mirabilis (Suma Aqualife Park, Kobe, Japan)
  • Scutella paulensis (MNHN)
  • Scutella subrotunda (MNHN)
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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.


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