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Echinocorys

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Extinct genus of sea urchins

Echinocorys
Temporal range: Late Cretaceous-Paleocene
Echinocorys meudonensis MHNT
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Holasteroida
Family: Holasteridae
Genus: Echinocorys

Echinocorys is an extinct genus of echinoids that lived from the Late Cretaceous to the Paleocene. The genus belongs to the Holasteridae family. Its remains have been found in Asia, Europe, Australia (Oceania) and North America.

Sources

  • Fossils (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 182)

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Taxon identifiers
Echinocorys


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