Scutella (genus)

Scutella Temporal range: Oligocene–Quaternary PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
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
Subclass:	Euechinoidea
Order:	Clypeasteroida
Superfamily:	Scutellidea
Family:	Scutellidae
Genus:	Scutella Lamarck 1816

Scutella is an extinct genus of sand dollars (flat 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