07362 - Top Beautiful 1.10 Inch Heterodiadema libycum (Sea Urchin) Cretaceous
07362 - Top Beautiful 1.10 Inch Heterodiadema libycum (Sea Urchin) Cretaceous 07362 - Top Beautiful 1.10 Inch Heterodiadema libycum (Sea Urchin) Cretaceous 07362 - Top Beautiful 1.10 Inch Heterodiadema libycum (Sea Urchin) Cretaceous 07362 - Top Beautiful 1.10 Inch Heterodiadema libycum (Sea Urchin) Cretaceous 07362 - Top Beautiful 1.10 Inch Heterodiadema libycum (Sea Urchin) Cretaceous 07362 - Top Beautiful 1.10 Inch Heterodiadema libycum (Sea Urchin) Cretaceous 07362 - Top Beautiful 1.10 Inch Heterodiadema libycum (Sea Urchin) Cretaceous 07362 - Top Beautiful 1.10 Inch Heterodiadema libycum (Sea Urchin) Cretaceous

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07362 - Top Beautiful 1.10 Inch Heterodiadema libycum (Sea Urchin) Cretaceous

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Species
† Heterodiadema libycum, Agassiz and Desor 1846 (sea urchin)
Age
Upper Cretaceous, Cenomanian Stage (96 million years)
Location
Taouz, South Morocco
Formation
Taouz Upper Cretaceous Outcrops
Size
28.0 mm   •    in
Weight
28 g   •    oz
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Description
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
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