Phymosoma
| Phymosoma Temporal range: Cretaceous-Eocene
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| Phymosoma granulosum fossil, Geological museum, Copenhagen | |
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| Class: | Echinoidea
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| Genus: | Phymosoma
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Phymosoma is an extinct genus of echinoids that lived from the Cretaceous to the Eocene. Its remains have been found in Asia, Europe, and North America.
Syngnathid and Phymosoma granulosum fossils at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen
Sources[]
- Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 179)
External links[]
- Phymosoma in the Paleobiology Database
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- Phymosomatoida
- Prehistoric echinoid genera
- Cretaceous echinoderms
- Paleocene echinoderms
- Eocene animals
- Prehistoric animals of Asia
- Prehistoric animals of Europe
- Prehistoric echinoderms of North America
- Cretaceous genus first appearances
- Maastrichtian genera
- Danian genera
- Selandian genera
- Thanetian genera
- Ypresian genera
- Eocene genus extinctions
- Echinoidea stubs
- Prehistoric echinoderm stubs