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  • Clypeaster altus alticostata

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    Paololitico1972

    By Paololitico1972

    Taxonomy

    Kingdom: Animalia Linné, 1758
    Phylum: Echinodermata Klein, 1734
    Class: Echinoidea Leske, 1778
    Order: Clypeasteroida A. Agassiz, 1872
    Family: Clypeasteridae L. Agassiz, 1835
    Genus: Clypeaster
    Species: Clypeaster altus alticostata
    Author Citation Lamarck, 1801

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Cenozoic
    Period: Neogene
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Miocene
    International Age: Tortonian

    Stratigraphy

    Miocene sediments

    Provenance

    Collector: Paololitico
    Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

    Dimensions

    Length: 14 cm
    Width: 13 cm
    Height: 8 cm

    Location

    Catania
    Sicily
    Italy

    Comments

    Geologia della Sicilia - Geology of Sicily - Ispra

    www.isprambiente.gov.it/it/pubblicazioni/periodici.../memdes_95_avampaese.pdf

    Go to fossils Echinoids

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    sixgill pete

    Stunning. Such an unusual Clypeaster.

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