Clypeaster rosaceus
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Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Subclass: Euechinoidea
Order: Clypeasteroida
Family: Clypeasteridae
Genus: Clypeaster (Lamarck, 1801)
Species: Clypeaster rosaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Rounded pentagonal shaped specimen with large petalloid with prominent petals. Small rounded periproct near the posterior margin. Oral surface is concaved.
Specifications
| Object name | Clypeaster rosaceus |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0417 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Echinozoa Class: Echinoidea Subclass: Euechinoidea |
| Composition | Calcium carbonate |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Cenozoic Period: Neogene to Quaternary Epoch: Pliocene to Pleistocene Age: Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene |
| Numeric age | 2 - 2 Mya |
| Origin | South Florida, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- J. -B. Lamarck. 1801. Système des Animaux sans Vertèbres, ou Tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. 8:1-432