Elattaar, A. A. (2018): A new Hypselaster species (Echinoidea, Spatangoida) from the Middle Eocene Midawara Formation, Eastern Desert, Egypt. Swiss Journal of Paleontology, Swiss Journal of Palaeontology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13358-018-0156-y
Abstract The schizasterid echinoid genus Hypselaster Clark, 1917, is recorded for the first time from the Midawara Formation (Middle Eocene, Lutetian), which crops out east Maghagha area, east Nile Valley, Eastern Desert, Egypt. Except for Hypselaster sp. from the Upper Miocene (Messinian) of Morocco, no Hypselaster has been recorded in pan Africa. The material described in the present paper is ... Read more