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Asterostomatidae

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Echinoidea

Suborder
  
Asterostomatina

Phylum
  
Echinodermata

Order
  
Spatangoida

Rank
  
Family

Asterostomatidae

Similar
  
Hemiasteridae, Brissidae, Aspidodiadematidae

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

Genera

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

    Asterostomatidae Wikipedia