Dendraster gibbsii

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Description

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Echinoidea Subclass: Euechinoidea Order: Clypeasteroida Family: Dendrasteridae Genus: Dendraster (Agassiz and Desor, 1847) Species: Dendraster gibbsii (Rémond, 1863) Four specimens with all ambulacra visible with varying degrees of preservation of the apical system. Mouth is visible in all specimens.

Specifications

Object name	Dendraster gibbsii
ID	UNB-2019-0436
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 Epoch: Miocene to Pliocene Age: Late Miocene to Late Pliocene
Numeric age	7 - 2 Mya
Origin	Southern California, U.S.A.
Pieces	4
Partial	No
Measurements	4.5cm x 4.3cm x 0.8cm 4.4cm x 4.1cm x 0.8cm 4.5cm x 4.6cm x 0.7cm 4.5cm x 4.3cm x 0.8cm

Map of Origin

Publications

L. Agassiz and P. J. E. Desor. 1847. Catalogue raisonné des familles, des genres, et des espèces de la classe des échinodermes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie 7-8