Classification
Kingdom
Metazoa
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Echinoidea
Order
?
Family
?
Genus
?
Species
?
Age
Cretaceous
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FS334
Sea Urchin Impression
2.5 cm. Long x 1.5 cm. Wide x 0.3 cm. High
Classification: Metazoa, Echinodermata, Echinoidea,
order
,
family
,
genus
,
sp.
Description
: This is the impression of the spine attachments and plates of a cidarid urchin. I think the Kent urchins are Cretaceous.
Age
: Cretaceous Period
Location Found
: England, Kent, Longfield
Found by
: jammyjonquil
Custodian
: jammyjonquil
Identified by
: Carl Mehling
References
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