| Asterostomatidae Temporal range: From Eocene to Miocene 55.8–5.332 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Fossil of Prosostoma jimenoi from Cuba, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Spatangoida |
| Suborder: | Brissidina |
| Family: | †Asterostomatidae Pictet, 1857 |
Asterostomatidae is an extinct family of sea urchins belonging to the order Spatangoida.
They are slow-moving, shallow infaunal, or sediment-dwelling organisms, and are deposit feeders or detritivores. They lived during the Eocene and Miocene in what is now of Cuba, Cyprus and United States, from 55.8 to 5.332 Ma
Genera
- Antillaster
- Asterostoma
- Brissolampas
- Brissomorpha
- Cleistechinus
- Heterobrissus
- Megapetalus
- Moronaster
- Platybrissus
- Prosostoma
- Pygospatangus
References
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| Asterostomatidae | |
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