Prosostoma
From The Right Wiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
| Prosostoma | |
|---|---|
| File:Asterostomatidae - Prosostoma jimenoi.JPG | |
| Fossil of Prosostoma jimenoi from Cuba, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | |
| Phylum: | |
| Class: | |
| Order: | |
| Family: | |
| Genus: | Prosostoma Pomel 1883
|
Prosostoma is an extinct genus of sea urchins belonging to the family Asterostomatidae. These slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivores lived during the Eocene of Cuba, from 55.8 to 33.9 Ma.[1][2]
Species
- Prosostoma jimenoi Cotteau 1870 [1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 The Paleobiology Database
- ↑ Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database - Echinodermata
