Phymosoma
| Phymosoma Temporal range: Cretaceous-Eocene | |
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| Phymosoma granulosum fossil, Geological museum, Copenhagen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | †Phymosomatoida |
| Family: | †Phymosomatidae |
| Genus: | †Phymosoma Haime in d'Archiac & Haime, 1853 |
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.
Sources
[edit]- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 179)
External links
[edit]- Phymosoma in the Paleobiology Database
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Categories:
- Phymosomatoida
- Prehistoric sea urchin genera
- Cretaceous echinoderms
- Paleocene echinoderms
- Eocene animals
- Prehistoric animals of Asia
- Prehistoric animals of Europe
- Prehistoric echinoderms of North America
- Cretaceous genus first appearances
- Maastrichtian genera
- Danian genera
- Selandian genera
- Thanetian genera
- Ypresian genera
- Eocene genus extinctions
- Sea urchin stubs
- Prehistoric echinoderm stubs