Holectypus

Holectypus
Temporal range: 170.3–89.8 Ma Bajocian to Turonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Holectypoida
Family: †Holectypidae
Genus: †Holectypus
Desor, 1842

Holectypus is an extinct genus of sea urchin. It lived from the Jurassic to the Cretaceous. Fossils have been found all around the world.

References

  1. ↑ Clark, William Bullock; Clark, William Bullock; Twitchell, M. W. (1915). The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States. Washington: Govt. print. off.
  2. ↑ Holectypus in the Paleobiology Database