Phymosoma

Phymosoma
Temporal range: Cretaceous-Eocene
Phymosoma granulosum fossil, Geological museum, Copenhagen
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.

Syngnathid and Phymosoma granulosum fossils at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen

Sources

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


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