Oligopygus camagueyensis
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Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Subclass: Euechinoidea
Order: Clypeasteroida
Family: Oligopygidae
Genus: Oligopygus (Clark and Twitchell, 1915)
Species: Oligopygus camagueyensis (Sánchez Roig, 1949)
Irregular shaped specimen with three visible ambulacra near the anterior end.
Specifications
| Object name | Oligopygus camagueyensis |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0468 |
| 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: Paleogene Epoch: Eocene |
| Numeric age | 56 Mya |
| Origin | Camaguey, Cuba |
| Pieces | 1 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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Map of Origin
Publications
- W. B. Clark and M. W. Twitchell. 1915. The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States. United States Geological Survey Bulletin 54:1-341