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Echinoidea
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Mellitidae
Mellita
Mellita aclinensis
Mellita aclinensis
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Echinoidea
Order:
Clypeasteroida
Family:
Mellitidae
Genus:
Mellita
Species:
Mellita aclinensis
(Kier, 1963)
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Geological Range
Late Pliocene to Early Pleistocene; Extinct.
Paleogeographic Distribution
Southern Florida to North Carolina.
Stratigraphic Occurrences
Early Pleistocene
Nashua Formation (N. FL)
Waccamaw Formation (NC)
Late Pliocene
Tamiami Formation (S. FL)
Tamiami Formation (Murdock Station Member) (S. FL)
Tamiami Formation (Lower) (S. FL)
Mellita aclinensis
from the Late Pliocene Tamiami Fm. (Bed 6) of Charlotte County, Florida (UF 40387).
Early Pleistocene Map
Late Pliocene Map