Phymosoma
Extinct genus of sea urchins
Phymosoma Temporal range: Cretaceous-Eocene | |
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Phymosoma granulosum fossil, Geological museum, Copenhagen | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Echinoidea |
Subclass: | Euechinoidea |
Order: | Phymosomatoida |
Genus: | Phymosoma |
Phymosoma is an extinct genus of echinoids that lived from the Cretaceous to the Eocene. Its remains have been found in Asia, Europe, and North America.
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Sources
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 179)
External links
- Phymosoma in the Paleobiology Database
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