Biology:Tetragramma donaldtrumpi
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| Class: | Echinoidea
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| Family: | Diplopodiidae
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| Species: | T. donaldtrumpi
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| Tetragramma donaldtrumpi Thompson, 2016
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Tetragramma donaldtrumpi is a species of fossil sea urchins discovered and identified by William R. Thompson Jr. in 2016.[1] The specimen locality is from the Lower Cretaceous, Trinity Group, of the Glen Rose Formation near Fischer, Texas, in the United States.[1][2]
Based from the fossils discovered of Tetragramma donaldtrumpi, the species is known to have been about 1 inch (2.5 cm) in size and round in shape, with the appearance of a Life Savers candy.[3] The genus Tetragramma is known from the Upper Jurassic (Oxfordian) to the Upper Cretaceous (Turonian).[4]
Thompson named the species to honor then Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.[5] A paleontology lab at the University of Texas at Austin holds a fossil of the species, along with 45 other species.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Thompson Jr., William R. (November 2016). Fossil Echinoids of Texas: A Monograph of Fossil Sea Urchins. River Stix. ISBN 978-1617042782. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/310479936.
- ↑ "Tetragramma donaldtrumpi Thompson, 2016". http://zoobank.org/NomenclaturalActs/C0F80BB8-728C-4151-B639-C764B5D8FA4A.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wheeler, Christine DeLong (7 November 2016). "New species of fossil sea urchin named after Donald Trump" (in en). http://www.wmur.com/article/new-species-of-fossil-sea-urchin-named-after-donald-trump/8252764.
- ↑ "Tetragramma Agassiz, 1838". The Echinoid Directory. Natural History Museum, London. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/echinoid-directory/taxa/taxon.jsp?id=1424.
- ↑ Mendoza, Madalyn (7 November 2016). "With fossil, Donald Trump becomes 'permanent part of the scientific record'". http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/Seguin-restaurant-owner-names-new-fossil-after-10599248.php.
Wikidata ☰ Q28424446 entry
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