Dendraster ashleyi

Dendraster ashleyi
Fossil of Dendraster ashleyi from San Diego Formation, California
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Echinoidea
Order:
Clypeasteroida
Family:
Dendrasteridae
Genus:
Dendraster
Species:
†D. ashleyi
Binomial name
†Dendraster ashleyi
(Arnold, 1907)

Dendraster ashleyi 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), about 5 Mya. They reach a diameter of about 3.5 cm.

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