Epiaster whitei
UNB-2019-0470Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Echinodermata » Echinozoa » Echinoidea » Euechinoidea
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Subclass: Euchinoidea
Order: Spatangoida
Family: Spatangidae
Genus: Epiaster
Species: Epiaster whitei (Clark, 1891)
Four irregular shaped specimens with anterior groove and prominent ambulacra with visible ambulacral pores. One specimen has a preserved periproct.
Specifications
| Object name | Epiaster whitei |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0470 |
| Legal status | Permanent collection |
| Category | Fossil |
| Classification | Domain: Eukaryote Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Echinozoa Class: Echinoidea Subclass: Euechinoidea |
| Composition | Limestone |
| Age | Eon: Phanerozoic Era: Mesozoic Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Lower Cretaceous Age: Albian to Middle Albian to Late Albian |
| Numeric age | 106 - 103 Mya |
| Origin | Tarrant County, Texas, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 4 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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