Prosostoma

Prosostoma is an extinct genus of sea urchins belonging to the family Asterostomatidae.

Prosostoma
Temporal range: Eocene, 55.8–33.9 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
Family:
Asterostomatidae
Genus:
Prosostoma

Pomel 1883

These slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivores lived during the Eocene of Cuba, from 55.8 to 33.9 Ma.[1][2]

Species
  • Prosostoma jimenoi Cotteau 1870 [1]

References
  1. The Paleobiology Database
  2. Sepkoski, Jack Sepkoski's Online Genus Database - Echinodermata
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