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  • Unifascia carolinensis

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    Taxonomy

    Irregular Echinoid

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Echinodermata
    Class: Echinoidea
    Order: Spatangoida
    Family: Unifasciidae
    Genus: Unifascia
    Species: Unifascia carolinensis
    Author Citation (Clark, 1915)

    Geological Time Scale

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

    Stratigraphy

    Castle Hayne Formation

    Provenance

    Collector: Don Rideout
    Date Collected: 03/06/2020
    Acquired by: Field Collection

    Dimensions

    Width: 24.9 mm
    Height: 20.9 mm

    Location

    Limestone Quarry
    New Hanover County
    North Carolina
    United States

    Comments

    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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    Plax

    One of the best Unifascia I've ever seen! from the recent Castle Hayne trip?

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    2 hours ago, Plax said:

    One of the best Unifascia I've ever seen! from the recent Castle Hayne trip?

    Yes. If I could get the little bit of remaining limestone from it, it may be perfect.

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