Contributed by Andrew Smith, August 2011
Diagnostic Features |
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Distribution | Late Oligocene, Australia |
Name gender | masculine |
Type | Pentechinus mirabilis Philip & Foster, 1971, p. 678, by original diagnosis. |
Species Included | Only the type species. |
Classification and/or Status | Camarodonta, Temnopleuroida, Temnopleuridae Monotypic. |
Remarks | Easily distinguished from other temnopleurids on account of its five highly characteristic brood pouches. Test morphology of males is currently unreported. Philip, G. M. & Foster, R. J. 1971. Marsupiate Tertiary echinoids from south-eastern Australia and their zoogeographical significance. Palaeontology 14, 666-695. |