Scutella (echinoderm)

Scutella
Temporal range:
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
Order: Echinolampadacea
Family: Scutellidae
Genus: †Scutella
Lamarck, 1816

Scutella is an extinct genus of sea urchins in the family Scutellidae.

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

References

  1. ^ "The Paleobiology Database". Archived from the original on 2022-08-19. Retrieved 2024-11-18.
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