Hardouinia (Hardouinia) kellumi (Stephenson, 1927)

Remarks

• Collection:    Vic Wright with Black Creek Fossil Preparation Services *link dead on last check 02.08.08

• Formation:   Peedee Formation

• Location:      North Carolina

General Info

Synonyms (older names and misidentifications in the literature)

• 1927 Cassidulus kellumi Stephenson
• 1954 Hardouinia kellumi (Stephenson); Cooke

Stratigraphic Occurrence

• Peedee Formation of North Carolina

Age

• Hardouinia (Hardouinia) kellumi (Stephenson) is a Middle Maastrichtian echinoid (~68 mya).

Geographic Occurrence (by no means an all-inclusive list)

• Pender County, North Carolina

Remarks

         For identification and descriptions, see:

• Cooke, C. W.  1954.  American Upper Cretaceous Echinoidea.  Shorter Contributions to General Geology 1953.  United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 254-A, 21; plate 7, fig's 1-5.
• Stephenson, L. W.  1927.  Additions to the Upper Cretaceous Invertebrate Faunas of the Carolinas.  Proceedings of the United States National Museum, No. 2706, Vol. 72, Art. 10, 5-7; plates 1 and 2; plate 3, fig's 1-2.