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Salvaster Saucède, Dudicourt & Courville 2012

Diagnosis

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Ambulacrum III deeply sunken, forming a conspicuous and narrow frontal groove running from the apex down to the peristome. Adjoining interambulacra 2 and 3 forming sharp keels. Periproct supramarginal.

Reference

Saucède, T., Dudicourt, J. C. & Courville, P. 2012. Description of two new fossil echinoids (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) from the Early Hauterivian (Early Cretaceous) of the Paris Basin (France). Zootaxa 3512, 75-88.

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