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Echinoidea source details
Lindley, I. D. 2003. Echinoids of the Kairuku Formation (Lower Pliocene), Yule Island, Papua New Guinea: Spatangoida. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 124, 153-162.
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Publication
Spatangoid echinoids are well represented in the rich and diverse echinoid fauna of the Lower Plicoene Kairuku Formation, Yule Island, Papua New Guinea. Five taxa are recognised, including the schizasterid Schizaster (Schizaster) alphonsei sp. nov., the palaeostomatid Palaeostoma kairukuensis sp. nov., the brissid Eupatagus (Eupatagus) pulchellus (Herklots) and the spatangids Maretia planulata (Lamarck) and Maretia cordata Mortensen, 1948. The spatangoids, by comparison with the clypeasteroids and regularia, exhibit a high degree of endemism.
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Palaeostoma kairukuensis Lindley, 2003 † (original description)
Schizaster (Schizaster) alphonsei Lindley, 2003 † (original description)
Papua New Guinea for Palaeostoma kairukuensis Lindley, 2003 †
Papua New Guinea for Schizaster (Schizaster) alphonsei Lindley, 2003 † |