Asterostomatidae
Extinct family of sea urchins
| Asterostomatidae Temporal range: From Eocene to Miocene 55.8–5.332 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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| Fossil of Prosostoma jimenoi from Cuba, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Spatangoida |
| Suborder: | Brissidina |
| Family: | †Asterostomatidae Pictet, 1857 |
Asterostomatidae is an extinct family of sea urchins belonging to the order Spatangoida.
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
- ^ a b The Paleobiology Database
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