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Irregular Echinoid
Kingdom: Animalia
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Paleogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Eocene
International Age: Priabonian
Castle Hayne Formation
Collector: Don Rideout
Date Collected: 03/06/2020
Acquired by: Field Collection
Width: 24.9 mm
Height: 20.9 mm
Limestone Quarry
New Hanover County
North Carolina
United States
An uncommon echinoid from the Castle Hayne formation originally described by Clark, in Clark and Twitchell, 1915 as Macropneustes carolinensis.
References:
Kier, 1980. The Echinoids of the Middle Eocene Warley Hill Formation, Santee Limestone and Castle Hayne Limestone of North and South Carolina. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology, Number 39. Pg. 53, pl. 22 figs. 1-3
Cook, 1959. Cenozoic Echinoids of Eastern United States. Geological Survey Professional Paper 321. Pg. 80, pl. 34 figs. 7-13
Macropneustes carolinensis. Clark, in Clark and Twitchell, 1915: 154 pl. 71 figs. 5a-d. Cooke, 1942: 51.
Mauritanaster carolinensis. (Clark). Lambert and Thiery, 1909-1925: 493
Unifascia carolinensis. (Clark) Cooke, 1959: 80, pl. 34 figs. 7-13
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