Asterostomatidae Temporal range: from Eocene to Miocene 55.8–5.332 Ma
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Fossil of Prosostoma jimenoi from Cuba, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris | |
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Echinodermata
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Class: | Echinoidea
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Order: | Spatangoida
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Suborder: | Asterostomatina
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Family: | Asterostomatidae
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Asterostomatidae is an extinct family of sea urchins belonging to the order Spatangoida.
These slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivores lived during the Eocene and Miocene of Cuba, Cyprus and United States, from 55.8 to 5.332 Ma