Phymosoma

Phymosoma
Temporal range: Cretaceous-Eocene
Phymosoma granulosum fossil, Geological museum, Copenhagen
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: †Phymosomatoida
Family: †Phymosomatidae
Genus: †
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

  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 179)


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