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Pennsylvanian (Late Carboniferous) echinoids from the Winchell Formation, north-central Texas, USA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2017

Chris L. Schneider ,
James Sprinkle  and
Dan Ryder
Chris L. Schneider
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, Austin 78712,
James Sprinkle
Affiliation:
Department of Geological Sciences, Jackson School of Geosciences, University of Texas, Austin 78712,
Dan Ryder
Affiliation:
Fossils, P.O. Box 1374, Wylie, Texas 75068
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Abstract

A new genus and three new species of echinoids occur in several horizons of an echinoderm Lagerstätten in the Winchell Formation of north-central Texas. This occurrence is dominated by several thousand specimens of Archaeocidaris brownwoodensis new species, a medium-sized archaeocidarid with long, triangular, ornate spines. Another rare archaeocidarid, Archaeocidaris apheles n. sp., is a small, smooth-spined species. The second most abundant echinoid is Elliptechinus kiwiaster n. gen. and sp., an unusual elliptical lepidocentrid, which extends the range of lepidocentrids into the Pennsylvanian (Late Carboniferous). A fourth echinoid, an unidentified echinocystitid, is known from one disarticulated specimen and appears to be mostly composed of ambulacral plates of varying shape and size.

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Journal of Paleontology , Volume 79 , Issue 4 , July 2005 , pp. 745 - 762
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Copyright © The Paleontological Society 

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