Asterostomatidae

Asterostomatidae
Temporal range: from Eocene to Miocene 55.8–5.332 Ma

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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]

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