Asterostomatidae
Sign in to saveAsterostomatidae is an extinct family of sea urchins belonging to the order Spatangoida.
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FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassEchinoidea
- OrderSpatangoida
- FamilyAsterostomatidae
Habitatmarine
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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
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