Echinoidea taxon details
original description
Thompson, J. R.; Posenato, R.; Bottjer, D. J.; Petsios, E. (2019). Echinoids from the Tesero Member (Werfen Formation) of the Dolomites (Italy): implications for extinction and survival of echinoids in the aftermath of the end-Permian mass extinction. <em>PeerJ.</em> 7: e7361., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.7361 page(s): 7-11; figs 3, 4B, 4C, 5A-5L [details] Available for editors
From editor or global species database
Diagnosis Eotiaris with only first one or two most adoral areoles confluent. Spines long, thin, straight and cylindrical. Some spines striate and some with small distally facing spinules. [details]
Etymology After the locality Tesero, where the holotype was collected. [details]
Fossil range latest Changhsingian to early Induan (Permian to Early Triassic) [details]
Stratigraphy Tesero Member, Werfen Formation [details]
Type locality Tesero section, Dolomites, Italy [details]
Type material Holotype: MPL 8651-1
MPL = Museo di Paleontologia e Preistoria Piero Leonardi of Ferrara University [details]
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