Prosostoma
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| Fossil of Prosostoma jimenoi from Cuba, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
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| Genus: | Prosostoma Pomel 1883
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Prosostoma is an extinct genus of sea urchins belonging to the family Asterostomatidae.
These slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivores lived during the Eocene of Cuba, from 55.8 to 33.9 Ma.[1][2]
Species[edit]
- Prosostoma jimenoi Cotteau 1870 [1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c The Paleobiology Database
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database - Echinodermata
External links[edit]
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