Echinocorys sp.

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Description

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Echinoidea Subclass: Euechinoidea Order: Holasteroida Family: Holasteridae Genus: Echinocorys (Leske, 1778) Five oval-shaped specimens that are heavily weathered on the aboral side. The smallest specimen faintly shows ambulacra and the other specimens have no visible ambulacra. Two specimens show small rounded periprocts.

Specifications

Object name	Echinocorys sp.
ID	UNB-2019-0422
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
Numeric age	145 Mya
Origin	Vokslev Quarry, Vokslev, North Jutland, Denmark
Pieces	5
Partial	No
Measurements	4.5cm x 3.8cm x 3.1cm 3.5cm x 3cm x 2cm 4cm x 3.4cm x 3.3cm 3cm x 3.4cm x 2.4cm 4.7cm x 4.1cm x 2.8cm

Map of Origin

Publications

N. G. Leske. 1778. Jacobi Theodori Klein naturalis dispositio echinodermatum, edita et descriptionibus novisque inventis et synonomis auctorem aucta. Addimenta ad I. T. Klein naturalem dispositionem Echinodermatum, G. E. Beer, Leipzig