Oligopygus wetherbyi
UNB-2019-0469Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Echinodermata » Echinozoa » Echinoidea » Euechinoidea
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Subclass: Euechinioidea
Order: Clypeasteroida
Family: Oligopygidae
Genus: Oligopygus
Species: Oligopygus wetherbyi (de Lortiol, 1887)
Four specimens of varying sizes with visible ambulacra and ambulacral pores on one specimen. Smallest specimen has a prominent interambulacral area. Two specimens have prominent periproct. Specimens are heavily eroded on the oral surface with one specimen having a bivalve embedded on the oral surface.
Specifications
| Object name | Oligopygus wetherbyi |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0469 |
| 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 Age: Late Eocene |
| Numeric age | 35 Mya |
| Origin | Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 4 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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