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Phymosoma

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Phymosoma
Temporal range: Cretaceous-Eocene
Phymosoma granulosum fossil, Geological museum, Copenhagen
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Phymosoma

Phymosoma is an extinct genus of echinoids that lived from the Cretaceous to the Eocene. Its remains have been found in Asia, Europe, and North America.

Syngnathid and Phymosoma granulosum fossils at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen

Sources

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  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 179)
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