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| Large, Rare Cretaceous Urchin from Jordan |
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ECHINOIDS
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| Stock Number XIEC97 |
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Name:
Mecaster cubicus
Age: Cretaceous
Formation: Wadial Mujib
Location: Jordan
Size: Urchin is 1.75 inches long
Here is a very uncommon echinoid we acquired from an old collection. It is a distinct Mecaster cubicus from the Wadial Mujib of Jordan. This extremely inflated sea urchin has very nice form and exhibits good plate structure. This type of echinoid has very large ambulacra and very distinct symmetry. This is a large specimen of this rare urchin from the Middle East.
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