Glyphocyphidae

Glyphocyphidae Temporal range: Cretaceous–Paleogene PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N [1]
Echinopsis from Sudan, perforated specimen to be threaded. On display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Echinoidea
Superorder:	Echinacea
Order:	Camarodonta
Family:	Glyphocyphidae P. M. Duncan 1889

Glyphocyphidae is an extinct family of sea urchins in the class Echinoidea.

These slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazers lived from the Cretaceous to the Paleogene periods (136.4 to 48.6 Ma).^[1]

Genera[]

• Lambert, 1932
• Duncan & Sladen, 1882
• Duncan & Sladen, 1882
• Echinopsis
• Cotteau, 1893

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