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Extinct genus of sea urchins

Prosostoma
Temporal range: Eocene, 55.8–33.9 Ma PreꞒ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Fossil of Prosostoma jimenoi from Cuba, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Spatangoida
Family: Asterostomatidae
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.

Species

  • Prosostoma jimenoi Cotteau 1870

References

  1. ^ The Paleobiology Database
  2. Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database - Echinodermata

External links

Taxon identifiers
Prosostoma
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