07358 - Top Beautiful 1.78 Inch Heterodiadema libycum (Sea Urchin) Cretaceous
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07358 - Top Beautiful 1.78 Inch Heterodiadema libycum (Sea Urchin) Cretaceous
$30.26
Sale price
$30.26
Regular price
$44.50
Nice Preserved specimen.
† Heterodiadema libycum, Agassiz and Desor 1846 (sea urchin)
Echinoidea - Euechinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae
PaleoDB taxon number: 167187
Alternative combinations: Hemicidaris libyca, Heterodiadema lybicum
Belongs to Heterodiadema according to R. Berndt 2003
Sister taxon: Heterodiadema buhaysensis
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Environments: carbonate (2 collections), open shallow subtidal (2), shallow subtidal (2), (1), foreshore (1), marine (1), reef, buildup or bioherm (1)
Age range: 94.3 to 70.6 Ma
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (13 collections), Jordan (3), Nigeria (2), Saudi Arabia (6), Serbia and Montenegro (1)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence
Alternative combinations: Hemicidaris libyca, Heterodiadema lybicum
Belongs to Heterodiadema according to R. Berndt 2003
Sister taxon: Heterodiadema buhaysensis
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Environments: carbonate (2 collections), open shallow subtidal (2), shallow subtidal (2), (1), foreshore (1), marine (1), reef, buildup or bioherm (1)
Age range: 94.3 to 70.6 Ma
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (13 collections), Jordan (3), Nigeria (2), Saudi Arabia (6), Serbia and Montenegro (1)
Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence