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Clypeus plotii Echinoid Fossil

Source info:

Author: Kentuckiana Mike
Date: 2014-10-31 02:30:00
Blog: Louisville Area Fossils
URL: http://louisvillefossils.blogspot.com/2014/10/clypeus-plotii-echinoid-fossil.html

Summary:

While visiting the Gallery of Natural History at the Arizona Historical Society Museum at Papago Park (1300 N. College Ave, Tempe Arizona 85281) I saw fossil specimen (AHS-NH#9854) Clypeus plotii (Leske, 1778) sea urchin fossil. This creature existed in the Jurassic Period (Bajocian to Oxfordian). They were found in what is now Europe and North Africa. Images of museum specimen taken October

Content analysis:

Stratigraphic context:

Recognized stratigraphic terms [n]:Jurassic [1]
Bajocian [1]
Agenames chronostratigraphy [rating]:Jurassic [0.5]
Mesozoic [0.5]
Phanerozoic [0.5]
Bajocian [0.1]
Middle Jurassic [0.1]

Geographic context:

LocationCountryLatitudeLongitude
ArizonaUS34.1679-111.931
New HampshireUS44.0012-71.6342
85281US33.4357-111.928
Europe52.97627.85784
North Africa25.65437.25438
Historical Society MuseumUS40.0067-76.6001

Keywords:

AHS-NH, Arizona Historical Society, Arizona Historical Society Museum at Papago Park, Bajocian, Clypeus plotii Echinoid, creature, fossil specimen, Gallery, Images, Jurassic Period, museum specimen, N. College Ave, Natural History, North Africa, Oxfordian, Papago Park, plotii (Leske, 1778) sea urchin fossil., sea urchin fossil, Tempe Arizona

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