Toxasteridae

Toxasteridae; Temporal range: Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil of Heteraster oblongus from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Echinoidea
Order:	Spatangoida
Family:	Toxasteridae; J. Lambert 1920

Last updated May 01, 2023

Toxasteridae is an extinct family of sea urchins.

These slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivores lived during the Cretaceous period, from 145.5 to 61.7 Ma.^[1]

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References

1 2 3 The Paleobiology Database

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Toxasteridae Temporal range: Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ^[1]

Fossil of Heteraster oblongus from France, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Echinoidea
Order:	Spatangoida
Family:	Toxasteridae J. Lambert 1920