Biology:Phymosoma

Short description: Extinct genus of sea urchins

Phymosoma Temporal range: Cretaceous-Eocene
Phymosoma granulosum fossil, Geological museum, Copenhagen
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Echinoidea
Subclass:	Euechinoidea
Order:	Phymosomatoida
Genus:	Phymosoma

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

Wikidata ☰ Q4300363 entry