Micropedina olisiponensis (Forbes, in Sharpe 1850)

By ricardo (edited)

• March 16, 2020

Taxonomy

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Arbacioida
Family: Arbaciidae
Genus: Micropedina
Species: Micropedina olisiponensis
Author Citation (Forbes, in Sharpe 1850)

Geological Time Scale

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

Stratigraphy

Calcários Apinhoados de Costa D’Arnes

Provenance

Collector: Ricardo Pimentel
Acquired by: Field Collection

Location

Figueira da Foz
Coimbra
Portugal

• cenomanian
• cretaceous
• micropedina olisiponensis
• portugal

Comments

Specimen collected from C level.

Echinus olisiponensis Forbes, in Sharpe 1850, p. 196, by original designation.

Adopted taxonomic classification: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2018). World Echinoidea Database. Micropedina olisiponensis (Forbes in Sharpe, 1850) †. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=754810  [2020-03-16]

see also https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/echinoid-directory/taxa/taxon.jsp?id=1492  [2020-03-16] for other point of view.

Forbes, E. in Sharpe, D. 1850. Description of fossil Echinidae from Portugal. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society London, 6, 195-199.

Loriol, P. de. 1887. Faune Cretacique du Portugal 2. Description des Echinodermes. Echinides reguliers ou Endocycles. Commission des Travaux geologiques du Portugal. Academie Royale des Sciences, Lisbonne.