Asterostomatidae

Asterostomatidae
Temporal range: from Eocene to Miocene 55.8–5.332 Ma
[1]
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
Suborder: Asterostomatina
Family: Asterostomatidae

Asterostomatidae is an extinct family of sea urchins belonging to the order Spatangoida.

These slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivores lived during the Eocene and Miocene of Cuba, Cyprus and United States, from 55.8 to 5.332 Ma [1]

Genera

  • Antillaster
  • Asterostoma
  • Brissolampas
  • Brissomorpha
  • Cleistechinus
  • Heterobrissus
  • Megapetalus
  • Moronaster
  • Platybrissus
  • Prosostoma
  • Pygospatangus

References

  1. 1 2 The Paleobiology Database


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