South Seymour Island (Pliocene of Ecuador)

Where: Galapagos Islands, Ecuador (0.5° S, 90.3° W: paleocoordinates 0.7° S, 92.2° W)

When: Galapagos Group, Pliocene (5.3 - 2.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: U. S. Grant and L. G. Hertlein. 1938. The West American Cenozoic Echinoidea. Publications of the University of California at Los Angeles in Mathematical and Physical Sciences 2:1-225 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 203572: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 20.08.2019

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Clypeasteroida - Mellitidae
Encope micropora Agassiz 1841 sand dollar