The Echinoid Directory

• Home
• Introduction
• Morphology
• Keys
• Classification
• 3D models
• Index to taxa
• Glossary
• Log in

Roweaster joviniacensis (Lambert, in Lambert & Thiery, 1924, p. 481

Diagnostic Features	A small, anteriorly depresed species of Roweaster with a sturdier and thicker test than in other species. Petals short; peristome large and downward facing; subanal fasciole strongly developed.
Distribution	Upper Cretaceous (Middle and Upper Turonian), England and France
Classification and/or Status	A species of Roweaster
Remarks	Smith, A. B. & Wright, C. V. 2012. British Cretaceous echinoids. Part 9, Atelostomata, 2. Spatangoida (2). Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London: 635-753, pls 210-253 (Publication number 639, part of volume 166 for 2012).