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  • Mecaster lusitanicus (de LORIOL, 1888)


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    Taxonomy

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Echinodermata
    Class: Echinoidea
    Order: Spatangoida
    Family: Hemiasteridae
    Genus: Mecaster
    Species: Mecaster lusitanicus
    Author Citation de LORIOL, 1888

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Mesozoic
    Period: Cretaceous
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Late
    International Age: Cenomanian

    Stratigraphy

    Tentúgal Formation

    Provenance

    Collector: Ricardo Pimentel
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 4 cm
    Width: 3.8 cm
    Height: 2.3 cm

    Location

    Montemor-o-Velho
    Coimbra
    Portugal

    Comments

    Aboral view. Collected on C level.  

     

    Adoral view. Collected on C level.  It is from a different specimen due to matrix on the original and was added for identification purposes.




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    The Amateur Paleontologist

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    Nice one :)

    -Christian 

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    Espécime espetacular. Está lindíssimo. :dinothumb:

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    18 hours ago, The Amateur Paleontologist said:

    Nice one :)

    -Christian 

     

    57 minutes ago, Vieira said:

    Espécime espetacular. Está lindíssimo. :dinothumb:

     

    Thanks!

     

    As I collected it...

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    Great additions to the Collections. 

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