Phymosoma

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Phymosoma
Temporal range: Cretaceous-Eocene
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Phymosoma granulosum fossil, Geological museum, Copenhagen
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Phymosomatoida
Family: Phymosomatidae
Genus: Phymosoma
Haime in d'Archiac & Haime, 1853

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 Syngnathid and Phymosoma.jpg
Syngnathid and Phymosoma granulosum fossils at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen

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