Epiaster sp.
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Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Subclass: Euechinoidea
Order: Spatangoida
Family: Spatangidae
Genus: Epiaster (Kew, 1920)
Three heart-shaped specimens with thin ambulacra and prominent anterior groove. Apical system can be seen in all three specimens with various degrees of preservation.
Specifications
| Object name | Epiaster sp. |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0420 |
| 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: Mesozoic Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Lower Cretaceous Age: Albian to Middle Albian to Late Albian |
| Numeric age | 106 - 103 Mya |
| Origin | Tarrant County, Texas, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 3 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- W. S. W. Kew. 1920. Cretaceous And Cenozoic Echinoidea of the Pacific coast of North America. University Of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology