Dendraster gibbsii
| Dendraster gibbsii | |
|---|---|
| Fossil of Dendraster gibbsii from Etchegoin Formation, California | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Echinolampadacea |
| Family: | Dendrasteridae |
| Genus: | Dendraster |
| Species: | †D. gibbsii
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| Binomial name | |
| †Dendraster gibbsii (Remond, 1863)
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Dendraster gibbsii is an extinct species of echinoderm of the family Dendrasteridae. Fossils of this species have been found in the Pliocene of California (United States). They reach a diameter of about 3.5 cm.
References
- Universal Biological Indexer
- Books Geology Archived 2014-05-08 at the Wayback Machine