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Encope michelini (Agassiz, 1841)

Encope michelini
Encope michelini

Scientific Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Clypeasteroida
Family: Mellitidae
Genus: Encope
Species: Encope michelini (Agassiz, 1841)

Information

Geological Range

Recent

Pleistocene

Paleogeographic Distribution

South Carolina

Florida

Stratigraphic Occurrences

Anastasia Formation
Canepatch Formation
Fort Thompson Formation

References

None at this time.

Remarks

For information on the modern distribution of the species, see WoRMS.

To access the original description (Agassiz, 1841) in its original formatting through the Biodiversity Heritage Library, click here.

Online Resources

None at this time.

Media

Images

Photograph of fossil of Encope michelini.
Encope michelini from either the Early Pleistocene Caloosahatchee Fm. or Middle Pleistocene Bermont Fm. of Okeechobee County, Florida (UF 105638).
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Figure of fossil of Encope michelini.
Specimen of Encope michelini figured by Agassiz (1841, pl. 6a, fig. 9 and 10).
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