Echinocorys
Echinocorys Temporal range: Late Cretaceous-Paleocene
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Echinocorys meudonensis MHNT | |
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Class: | Echinoidea
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Genus: | Echinocorys
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Echinocorys is an extinct genus of echinoids that lived from the Late Cretaceous to the Paleocene. The genus belongs to the Holasteridae family. Its remains have been found in Asia, Europe, Australia (Oceania) and North America.
Sources[]
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 182)
External links[]
- Echinocorys in the Paleobiology Database
Categories:
- Holasteroida
- Prehistoric echinoid genera
- Cretaceous echinoderms
- Paleocene echinoderms
- Prehistoric echinoderms of Asia
- Prehistoric echinoderms of Europe
- Prehistoric echinoderms of North America
- Late Cretaceous genus first appearances
- Paleocene genus extinctions
- Echinoidea stubs
- Prehistoric echinoderm stubs