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File:Dendraster gibbsi fossil sand dollar (Etchegoin Formation, Lower Pliocene; Kettleman Hills, west-central Kings County, south-central California, USA) (15279728716).jpg

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Dendraster gibbsii fossil sand dollar (4.3 cm across) from the Pliocene of Caifornia, USA.

Here’s a nicely preserved fossil sand dollar from California. It has been prepared by air abrasion to better show the plate boundaries.

This is Dendraster gibbsii, first described by Auguste Rémond in the 1860s. This species is relatively common in the Siphonalia zone of the Etchegoin Formation (Lower Pliocene). It comes from the Kettleman Hills of California, USA.

Classification: Animalia, Echinodermata, Echinozoa, Echinoidea, Clypeasteroida, Scutellina, Dendrasteridae

Stratigraphy: Etchegoin Formation, Lower Pliocene

Locality: Kettleman Hills, California, USA
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Source Dendraster gibbsi fossil sand dollar (Etchegoin Formation, Lower Pliocene; Kettleman Hills, west-central Kings County, south-central California, USA)
Author James St. John

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by jsj1771 at https://www.flickr.com/photos/47445767@N05/15279728716. It was reviewed on 6 May 2015 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

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Dendraster gibbsii fossil sand dollar the Pliocene in Caifornia, USA

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Dendraster gibbsii

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5 April 2006

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