FIRST RECORD OF A SPATANGOID ECHINOID FROM THE PALEOCENE OF THE PERTH BASIN, WESTERN AUSTRALIA

WA Museum Records and Supplements | Updated 1 decade ago

Abstract - A new species of a spatangoid echinoid, Hemifaorina? rex, is described from the upper part of the Late Paleocene Kings Park Formation. The outer layer of the test of the material upon which the species is based is not preserved. Consequently, the lack of preservation of fascioles makes the generic assignment tentative. This represents the first echinoid species described from the Tertiary of the Perth Basin. Hemifaorina had previously only been described from the Miocene of Java