Eclectic Echinodermata
For those interested in echinoderm diversity. This ranges from eocrinoids, crinoids, rhombiferans, blastoids, coronoids, diploporitans, parablastoids, echinoids, and all of the strange beautiful forms that came in between!
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2 days, 15 hours agoJanice Nelson joined the group Eclectic Echinodermata
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4 days, 11 hours agoKeith Hacker joined the group Eclectic Echinodermata
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4 days, 12 hours agoToast Catshark joined the group Eclectic Echinodermata
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1 week, 6 days agoKoen Vleminckx joined the group Eclectic Echinodermata
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2 weeks, 3 days agoJennifer Bauer posted an image in the group Eclectic Echinodermata from the myFOSSIL appCatalogue of the Blastoidea of the British Museum by Etheridge and Carpenter 1886. Original book and none of the plates have been cut open- in old books the plates are in large pages that extend out past the normal page constraints. This was a gift for my dissertation defense from my mentor, I was speechless!
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@jbauer Awesome! I love old paleontology books. The illustrations can be really amazing.
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@nathan-newell absolutely, they are truly works of art. It’s stunning how skilled past naturalists were!
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2 weeks, 4 days agoEbrahim Hafez joined the group Eclectic Echinodermata
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3 weeks, 6 days agoJennifer Bauer posted an image in the group Eclectic Echinodermata from the myFOSSIL app
Heart urchins from my collection. These, unfortunately, don’t have any associated location, rock, or time information. I do love their shape and I have a good size range! #fossil
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1 month agoMary Jane Hughes posted an image in the group Eclectic Echinodermata from the myFOSSIL appEchinoid found in the FOSSIL Project office! #fossil
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1 month, 1 week agoJennifer Bauer posted an image in the group Eclectic Echinodermata from the myFOSSIL app
Large reprints of Ernst Haeckel’s ‘Cystoidea’ and ‘Blastoidea’ plates (multiple specimens or images on a single large figure). For one of my qualifier exam questions I had to describe each species on the blastoid plate and discuss issues with past interpretations of shape and form! #fossil
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Just now seeing the myFOSSIL card for scale! 😂
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Hah!! @sadie-mills – it felt weird not including it!
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1 month, 1 week agoAlexandre Toux posted a new specimen in the group Eclectic Echinodermata from the myFOSSIL app
Alexandre Toux has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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1 month, 1 week agoAlexandre Toux joined the group Eclectic Echinodermata
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1 month, 1 week agoJennifer Bauer posted an image in the group Eclectic Echinodermata from the myFOSSIL app
Here is a graphic to help with echinoid photography and (some) morphology. This is an irregular echinoid, meaning they have bilateral symmetry rather than pentameral. For photography, one petal (ambulacrum) is pointing up- it should always be III (3). The anus (periproct) should be pointing down. Check it out @sadie-mills! #fossil
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I am all about this!
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4 months, 2 weeks agoCharlie Smith joined the group Eclectic Echinodermata
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4 months, 3 weeks agoJennifer Bauer posted an update in the group Eclectic Echinodermata
Hundreds of sea potatoes cover Penzance Beach
Click the link to learn about a mass stranding of heart urchins in the UK. These urchins are quite cool – they burrow in the sea floor and often look furry when they have all of their spines attached.
Here is a another article that shows images with their spines attached: ‘Funny’ sea objects identified as common sea urchins
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Looks a lot like my field area near Antofagasta, Chile with Pseudotoxaster wayensis (a spatangoid) covering the ground like gravel.
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@ryan-roney cool!!! Do you have any images from the field? Are spatangoid tests usually colorful (while alive or recently dead)? I never really thought about it but regular echinoids are so vibrant…
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Spatangoids are not as colorful as their epifaunal relatives, but there can be pink hues and color patterns.
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I’ll load some photos from the field a little later
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Awesome! Thanks, Ryan!
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