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  • Rhyncholampas carolinensis


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    Taxonomy

    Irregular Echinoid

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Echinodermata
    Class: Echinoidea
    Order: Cassiduloida
    Family: Cassidulidae
    Genus: Rhyncholampas
    Species: Rhyncholampas carolinensis
    Author Citation (Twitchel,1915)

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Cenozoic
    Period: Paleogene
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Eocene
    International Age: Bartonian?

    Stratigraphy

    Castle Hayne Formation

    Provenance

    Collector: Don Rideout
    Date Collected: 11/07/2014
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Length: 26 mm
    Width: 23 mm
    Thickness: 12 mm

    Location

    Limestone Quarry
    New Hanover County
    North Carolina
    United States

    Comments

    Rhyncholampas carolinensis are not an uncommon find in the Castle Hayne Formation of North Carolina. However, they are often badly worn, broken or heavily encrusted with limestone. This little beauty is about average size and very clean. It also has a bonus "hitchhiker" a Polychaete worm. This worm is often referred to as Polychaete species 00. 

     

    Referencers:

    Kier, P.M. (1980) The Echinoids of the Middle Eocene Warely Hill Formation, Santee Limestone and Castle Hayne Limestone of North and South Carolina. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology: Number 39. Pg. 33-34 plates 9 figures 9-12 and 10 figures 1-4




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    amazing how much the first pic reminds me of Echinolampas apendiculata.

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    Man that is a beautiful Echinoid! 

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    On 8/8/2017 at 4:51 PM, Plax said:

    amazing how much the first pic reminds me of Echinolampas apendiculata.

     

    You know, it really kind of does. 

    1 hour ago, AshHendrick said:

    Man that is a beautiful Echinoid! 

     

    Thanks Ash, have you looked at all of the other echinoids I have put in the collections section?

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