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Echinoidea taxon details

Gymnodiadema hessi Smith, 2011 †

574107  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:574107)

accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Smith, A.B. 2011. Gymnodiadema and the Jurassic roots of the Arbacioida (stirodont echinoids). Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, 130/1, 155-171., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13358-010-0014-z
page(s): 169-170; figs 2a-d, 3a-f, 4a-f [details] 
Note Enjil, north of Midelt, Central Atlas...  
From editor or global species database
Type locality Enjil, north of Midelt, Central Atlas Mountains, Morocco (33°15'31.4'' N 004°31.1'0.8'' W) [details]
Type material HT: NHM EE13923; PT: NHM EE13924-13927 [details]
Etymology named after the palaeontologist Hans Hess  
Etymology named after the palaeontologist Hans Hess [details]

Fossil range Early Bajocian, Middle Jurassic  
Fossil range Early Bajocian, Middle Jurassic [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). World Echinoidea Database. Gymnodiadema hessi Smith, 2011 †. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/Echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=574107 on 2025-06-26
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2011-06-14 11:01:28Z
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original description Smith, A.B. 2011. Gymnodiadema and the Jurassic roots of the Arbacioida (stirodont echinoids). Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, 130/1, 155-171., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s13358-010-0014-z
page(s): 169-170; figs 2a-d, 3a-f, 4a-f [details] 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Diagnosis A species of Gymnodiadema that has interambulacral tubercles arranged as transverse rows close to the peristome that do not form two clearly defined marginal columns running parallel with the ambulacra. [details]

Etymology named after the palaeontologist Hans Hess [details]

Fossil range Early Bajocian, Middle Jurassic [details]

Publication date 31/01/2011 [details]

Type locality Enjil, north of Midelt, Central Atlas Mountains, Morocco (33°15'31.4'' N 004°31.1'0.8'' W) [details]

Type material HT: NHM EE13923; PT: NHM EE13924-13927 [details]