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Contributed by Andrew Smith, February 2012

Astrodapsis fernandoensis Pack, 1909, p. 279

Diagnostic Features Species of Astrodapsis with
  • Outline oval;
  • Periproct inframarginal;
  • Petals distinctly raised; margins moderately thick;
  • Interambulacral valleys present;
  • Tubercles very large and widely spaced
Distribution Lower Pliocene, California, U.S.A.
Type Holotype: Berkeley University, Museum of Paleontology 11377
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.