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Echinolampas appendiculata
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By sixgill pete (edited)
Taxonomy
irregular echinoid
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Cassiduloida
Family: Echinolampadidae
Genus: Echinolampas
Species: Echinolampas appendiculata
Author Citation Emmons, 1858
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Eocene
International Age: Priobonian?
Stratigraphy
Castle Hayne Formation
Comfort Member
Provenance
Collector: Don Rideout
Date Collected: 03/28/2014
Acquired by: Field Collection
Dimensions
Length: 28 mm
Width: 22 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Location
Martin Marietta Quarry Castle Hayne
New Hanover County
North Carolina
United States
Comments
This echinoid is probably the most commonly found of all the echinoids in the Castle Hayne Formation. On a good trip when no one has collected the area recently, you can find 75 to 100 of them. Most however are in very poor shape, matrix or bryzoan encrusted. This particular specimen is an excellent example of the species. On the small side, it can be almost 3 times as large as this one.
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