Echinoidea taxon details
original description
Kroh, A. (2014). Echinoids from the Chlamys Ledge Member (Polonez Cove Formation, Oligocene) of King George Island, West Antarctica. <em>Polish Polar Research.</em> 35(3), 455-467., available online at https://doi.org/10.2478/popore-2014-0024 page(s): 458-463; figs 2A-C, 3A-G, 4A-B [details] Available for editors
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis A medium−sized species of Caenopedina characterized by fully tuberculate genital plates, angular periproctal margin, low corona, moderately wide interambulacral plates with a height to width ratio of 1:3 to 1:3.3 ambitally, and slit−shaped ocular pores [details]
Etymology Named in honour of Maria Aleksandra Bitner (Warszawa), esteemed colleague and specialist of Cenozoic brachiopods [details]
Stratigraphy Chlamys Ledge Member, uppermost part of the Polonez
Cove Formation [details]
Type locality Site ChL−Br (S 62° 08.82',W58° 07.72'; ~100 m above sea level), Low Head−Lions Rump cliffs area, southeastern King George Island, South Shetland Islands, West Antarctica. [details]
Type material Holoype: ZPAL E.11/1, an internal mould with test remains adhering.
ZPAL – Institute of Paleobiology, Polish Academy of Sci−
ences, Warszawa, Poland [details]
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