Oligopygus wetherbyi
UNB-2019-0485Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Echinodermata » Echinozoa » Echinoidea » Euechinoidea
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Subclass: Euechinoidea
Order: Oligopygoida
Family: Clypeasteroida
Genus: Oligopygus (de Lortiol, 1887)
Species: Oligoypgus wetherbyi (de Lortiol, 1887)
Four rounded-oval shaped specimens with prominent ambulacra of equal sizes and a faint periproct. Poorly preserved peristome on the oral surface is visible. One specimen has a bit of weathering, exposing more interambulacral areas.
Specifications
| Object name | Oligopygus wetherbyi |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0485 |
| 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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