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Holectypus

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Extinct genus of sea urchins

Holectypus
Temporal range: 170.3–89.8 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N Bajocian to Turonian
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Holectypoida
Family: Holectypidae
Genus: Holectypus
Desor, 1842

Holectypus is an extinct genus of sea urchin. It lived from the Jurassic to the Cretaceous. Fossils have been found all around the world.

References

  1. Clark, William Bullock; Clark, William Bullock; Twitchell, M. W. (1915). The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States. Washington: Govt. print. off.
  2. Holectypus in the Paleobiology Database
Taxon identifiers
Holectypus


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