Phymosoma
Appearance
Phymosoma Temporal range: Cretaceous-Eocene
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Phymosoma granulosum fossil, Geological museum, Copenhagen | |
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Genus: | Phymosoma
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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.
Sources
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 179)
External links
- Phymosoma in the Paleobiology Database
Categories:
- Phymosomatoida
- Prehistoric echinoid genera
- Cretaceous echinoderms
- Paleocene echinoderms
- Eocene animals
- Prehistoric animals of Asia
- Prehistoric animals of Europe
- Prehistoric echinoderms of North America
- Cretaceous genus first appearances
- Maastrichtian genera
- Danian genera
- Selandian genera
- Thanetian genera
- Ypresian genera
- Eocene genus extinctions
- Echinoidea stubs
- Prehistoric echinoderm stubs