Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Dendrasteridae
Alternative combination: Merriamaster pacificus
Full reference: W. S. W. Kew. 1920. Cretaceous And Cenozoic Echinoidea of the Pacific coast of North America. University Of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 23-236
Belongs to Dendraster according to W. S. W. Kew 1920
See also Grant and Hertlein 1938
Sister taxa: Dendraster arnoldi, Dendraster ashleyi, Dendraster casseli, Dendraster cedrosensis, Dendraster coalingaensis, Dendraster diegoensis, Dendraster elsmerensis, Dendraster excentricus, Dendraster gibbsii, Dendraster hesperis, Dendraster jacalitosensis, Dendraster pentagonalis, Dendraster sullivani, Dendraster venturaensis, Dendraster vizcainoensis
Type specimen: CAS 448 and UCMP 11340 (cotypes)
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: California)
• Miocene of Mexico (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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