Astrodapsis antiselli

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Description

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Echinoidea Subclass: Euechinoidea Order: Clypeasteroida Family: Echinarachniidae Genus: Astrodapsis (Conrad, 1856) Species: Astrodapsis antiselli (Conrad, 1856) Four specimens; Three specimens have prominent ambulacra and one specimen has a more weathered aboral surface. One specimen has the apical system and peristome preserved.

Specifications

Object name	Astrodapsis antiselli
ID	UNB-2019-0457
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
Numeric age	23.03 Mya
Origin	Ventura County, California, U.S.A.
Pieces	4
Partial	No
Measurements	3cm x 2.4cm x 1.3cm 2.7cm x 2.3cm x 0.6cm 2.8cm x 2.5cm x 0.6cm 2.8cm x 2.2cm x 0.6cm

Map of Origin

Publications

T. A. Conrad. 1856. Descriptions of three new genera; twenty-three new species Middle Tertiary fossils from California, and one from Texas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 8:301-327