Enallaster texanus
UNB-2019-0486Fossils » Eukaryote » Animalia » Echinodermata » Echinozoa » Echinoidea » Euechinoidea
Description
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Subclass: Euechinoidea
Order: Spatangoida
Family: Toxasteridae
Genus: Enallaster (d'Orbigny, 1853)
Species: Enallaster texanus (Roemer, 1849)
Three heart-shaped specimens with defined anterior groove. Ambulacra are visible but faint and only portions of the ambulacra are visible on the smaller specimens. Ambulacral pores are preserved.
Specifications
| Object name | Enallaster texanus |
|---|---|
| ID | UNB-2019-0486 |
| 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: Mesozoic Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Lower Cretaceous Age: Albian to Middle Albian to Late Albian |
| Numeric age | 106 - 103 Mya |
| Origin | Wise County, Texas, U.S.A. |
| Pieces | 3 |
| Partial | No |
| Measurements |
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