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FS325 Sea Urchin Imprint

2.0 cm. Long x 2.0 cm. Wide x 1.5 cm. High

Classification: Metazoa, Echinodermata, Echinoidea, order, family, genus, sp.

Description: This appears to be the imprint of one of the tubercles of a sea urchin. A tubercle is a ball and socket kind of a joint where a spine connects, though the actual connection is made by soft tissue.

Age: Cretaceous to Cenozoic

Location Found: England, West Sussex,

Found by: Lucy Todd

Custodian: Lucy Todd

Identified by: Ed DeRouin

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