Tripneustes parkinsoni

Tripneustes parkinsoni
Temporal range: Miocene
Tripneustes parkinsoni from Miocene of France (20 Ma)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Temnopleuroida
Family: Toxopneustidae
Genus: Tripneustes
Species: T. parkinsoni
Binomial name
Tripneustes parkinsoni
Agassiz in Agassiz & Desor 1846

Tripneustes parkinsoni is a species of sea urchins belonging to the family Toxopneustidae. [1][2][3] These sea urchins have been recorded as fossils on the Miocene of southern France (abt. 20 Ma). [4]

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