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Fig. 3

From: Strange taphonomy: Late Cretaceous Echinocorys Leske (Echinoidea) as a hard substrate in a modern shallow marine environment

Fig. 3

Echinocorys ex gr. scutata Leske 1778, preserving calcitic test in Chalk. a, b NNM RGM 617 803, specimen densely infested with Entobia isp. Specimen collected by Pelham Donovan. a Apical surface. b Oral surface. c, d NNM RGM 617 804. c Apical surface, albeit largely abraded away. The thick test can be seen at the perimeter. The Chalk infill includes some borings, most prominently an incomplete Gastrochaenolites isp. d Oral surface, which has suffered much less than the apical surface (compare with Fig. 2b)

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