Asterostomatidae

Asterostomatidae is an extinct family of sea urchins belonging to the order Spatangoida.

Asterostomatidae
Temporal range: from Eocene to Miocene 55.8–5.332 Ma [1]
Fossil of Prosostoma jimenoi from Cuba, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Echinoidea
Order:
Spatangoida
Suborder:
Asterostomatina
Family:
Asterostomatidae

They are slow-moving, shallow infaunal, or sediment-dwelling organisms, and are deposit feeders or detritivores. They lived during the Eocene and Miocene in what is now of Cuba, Cyprus and United States, from 55.8 to 5.332 Ma [1]

Genera
  • Antillaster
  • Asterostoma
  • Brissolampas
  • Brissomorpha
  • Cleistechinus
  • Heterobrissus
  • Megapetalus
  • Moronaster
  • Platybrissus
  • Prosostoma
  • Pygospatangus

References
  1. The Paleobiology Database


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