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FS286 Eocene Echinoid

2.2 cm. Long x 2.0 cm. Wide x 1.5 cm. High

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Classification: Metazoa, Echinodermata, Echinoidea, Cassiduloida, Cassidulidae, Cassidulus, georgiensis

Description: The Eocene sea biscuit Cassidulus georgiensis (Twitchell).

Age: Eocene Epoch

Location Found: United States, Florida, Spoil Islands, mouth of Withlacoochee River, by Yankeetown, FL, Ocala Limestone

Found by: Andy DeRouin

Custodian: fossilweb

Identified by: Ed DeRouin

References: Cenozoic Echinoids of Eastern United States, Cooke, U.S.G.S. Prof. Paper 321, p. 60 and Plate 25.