| Tetragramma donaldtrumpi | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | † Phymosomatoida |
| Family: | † Diplopodiidae |
| Genus: | † Tetragramma |
| Species: | †T. donaldtrumpi |
| Binomial name | |
| †Tetragramma donaldtrumpi Thompson, 2016 | |
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]
