Echinocorys sp.

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Description

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Echinoidea Subclass: Euechinoidea Order: Holasteroida Family: Holasteridae Genus: Echinocorys (Leske, 1778) Seven poorly preserved specimens that are dome shape with some fossils having very faint ambulacra visible.

Specifications

Object name	Echinocorys sp.
ID	UNB-2019-0426
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	7
Partial	No
Measurements	3.8cm x 3.4cm x 3.5cm 4.6cm x 3.5cm x 3.2cm 4.9cm x 4cm x 3.4cm 4.6cm x 4cm x 3.5cm 4.7cm x 4.2cm x 3.3cm 4.6cm x 4cm x 3.5cm 4.9cm x 4cm x 3.4cm

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