Astriclypeus Verrill 1867 (sand dollar)
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Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Astriclypeidae
Full reference: A. E. Verrill. 1867. Notes on the Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences 1(1):247-322
Parent taxon: Astriclypeidae according to J. W. Durham 1955
See also Durham 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Taiwan (1 collection)
• Miocene of Taiwan (4)
• Oligocene of Taiwan (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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