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FS331 Eocene Sea Urchin Spines

1.2 cm. Long x 0.2 cm. Wide x 0.2 cm. High

Classification: Metazoa, Echinodermata, Echinoidea, Cidaroida, Cidaridae, Phyllacanthus, mortoni

Description: PaleoBeachPebbles: Sea urchin spines from Phyllacanthus mortoni. On the rightmost two specimens you can see the end where it connects, via soft tissue, to a tubercle on the urchin's test.

Age: Eocene Epoch

Location Found: United States, Florida, Spoil Islands, mouth of Withlacoochee River, by Yankeetown, FL, Ocala Limestone

Found by: Kathy Patterson

Custodian: fossilweb

Identified by: Sean Roberts, Florida Museum of Natural History

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