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Pliotoxaster murchisonae (Woodward, 1856, explanation to plate 9)

Distribution	Upper Albian,?Cenomanian, Cretaceous, UK.
Type	Lectotype: BMNH 34113, the original of Woodward, 1856, pl. 9, fig. 1, and of Wright, 1878, pl. 60, fig. 1.
Classification and/or Status	A species of Pliotoxaster
Remarks	Smith, A. B. & Wright, C. W. 2008. British Cretaceous echinoids. Atelostomata, 1. Spatangoida (1). Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society