Biology:Echinopsis (sea urchin)

Short description: Extinct genus of sea urchins

Echinopsis Temporal range: Cretaceous–Paleogene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Echinopsis from Sudan, perforated specimen to be threaded. On display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Echinoidea
Order:	Camarodonta
Family:	†Glyphocyphidae
Genus:	†Echinopsis Agassiz, 1840

Echinopsis is an extinct genus of sea urchins in the class Echinoidea.

These slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazers lived from the Cretaceous to the Paleogene periods (125.45 - 5.332 Ma). Fossils of this genus have been found in the sediments of Madagascar, Pakistan, Senegal, Sudan, United States and Switzerland.

References

Wikidata ☰ Q18389121 entry