A new Silurian echinoid genus from Scotland

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A new Silurian echinoid genus from Scotland

  • Volume / Part: 16 / 4
  • Publication Date: November 1973
  • Page(s): 651 - 663
  • Authored By: Porter M. Kier

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A new genus and species of echinoid, Aptilechinus caledonensis, is described from the Silurian (Llandovery) of Scotland. This species, the sixth known from the Silurian, is a flexible echinoid belonging to the family Lepido-centridae. It is unusual in having its largest spines attached to the ambulacra.

Palaeontology - Volume 16 Part 4 Pages 651-663



Palaeontology - Volume 16 Part 4 Pages 651-663

Citations

KIER, P. M. 1973. A new Silurian echinoid genus from Scotland. Palaeontology, 16, 4, 651–663.