Biology:Dendraster gibbsii
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Short description: Extinct species of sea urchin
| Dendraster gibbsii | |
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| Fossil of Dendraster gibbsii from Etchegoin Formation, California | |
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| Class: | Echinoidea
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| Order: | Clypeasteroida
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| Suborder: | Scutellina
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| Species: | †D. gibbsii
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| †Dendraster gibbsii (Remond, 1863)
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Dendraster gibbsii is an extinct species of sand dollars of the family Dendrasteridae. Fossil of this species have been found in the Pliocene of California (United States). They reach a diameter of about 3.5 cm.
References
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q16981265 entry
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