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By sixgill pete (edited)
Irregular Echinoid
Kingdom: Animalia
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Eocene
International Age: Bartonian?
Castle Hayne Formation
Collector: Don Rideout
Date Collected: 11/07/2014
Acquired by: Field Collection
Length: 26 mm
Width: 23 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Limestone Quarry
New Hanover County
North Carolina
United States
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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