The Echinoid Directory

Contributed by Andrew Smith, February 2012

Astrodapsis brewerianus (Remond, 1864, p. 53)

Diagnostic Features A species of Astrodapsis with:
  • Test small, prominently elongate and with a smooth, unnotched margin;
  • Petals not raised;
  • Periproct marginal.
Distribution Late Middle Miocene to Late Miocene, California, USA
Type Lectotype: Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 1088A
Classification and/or Status A species of Astrodapsis
Remarks Hall, C. A. 1962. Evolution of the echinoid genus Astrodapsis. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 40(2), 47-180, 44 pls.