Peronella cubae
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Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Clypeasteroida
Family: Laganidae
Genus: Peronella (Gray, 1855)
Species: Peronella cubae (Weisbord, 1934)
Two specimens of different sizes. The aboral side for the larger specimen is encrusted/weathered. Smaller specimen's aboral side is weathered. Faint ambulacrum visible on the smaller specimen.
Specifications
| Object name | Peronella cubae |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2018-0331 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Echinozoa Class: Echinoidea |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Cenozoic Period: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene Age: Late Eocene |
| Numeric age | 35 Mya |
| Origin | Arredondo, Florida, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 2 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- J. E. Gray. 1855. Catalogue of the Recent Echinida, or Sea Eggs, in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Echinida Irregularia. Woodfall & Kinder, London