Collection: Catullo Collection; Echinoderms, Neo Echinoids irregular

Systematic- Paleontology

Reign: Animalia
Phylum/Division: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Scientific name: Gitolampas placenta (Dames)

Description: See urchins are marine animals which live at all water depths. Their dermaskeletron is formed by small calcite plates, which are normally spined. Their skeletron is usually rounded or discoid. Most of the sea urchins are deposit feeder. Eggs of some species can be eaten. The specimen comes from Priabona, nearby the town of Monte di Malo, (Vicenza), which gave the name to the Priabonian, the reference period for Upper Eocene of the Mediterranean. The local sequence begins with the characteristic basal conglomerate bearing Cerithium diaboli (conglomerate of Boro). The Priabona Formation consists of limestones, marly limestones and marls rich in in shallow sea fossil. The formation fossils assemblage include 66 species of Echinoidea, many of which exclusive of the Vicenza area.

Location

Continent/Subcontinent: Europe
State: Italy
Region: Veneto
Province: Vicenza
Municipality: Monte di Malo
Place: Priabona, Lessini orientali

Università degli Studi di Padova, Museo di Geologia e Paleontologia

Item code: 8059C

Bibliography

• Fornasiero M., Piccoli G., 2000 - "I Fossili" . In Catalogo della Mostra "La curiosità e l'ingegno. Collezionismo scientifico e metodo sperimentale a Padova nel Settecento". Pp. 146-159, Univ. degli Studi di Padova, CISMS, Padova.