Clypeolampas

Clypeolampas is a genus of sea urchins belonging to the order Clypeasteroida.

Clypeolampas
Temporal range: Cretaceous [1]
Fossil of Clypeolampas on display at Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Echinoidea
Subclass:
Euechinoidea
Infraclass:
Irregularia
Superorder:
Neognathostomata
Order:
Clypeasteroida
Family:
Clypeolampadidaeโ€ 
Genus:
Clypeolampas โ€ 

Kier 1962

Fossil record

This family is known in Cretaceous the fossil record of Spain and Turkey.[1]

Genera

Species within this genus include: [1]

  • Clypeolampas lestelli Cotteau 1887
  • Clypeolampas ovatus Lamarck 1816
  • Clypeolampas perovalis Arnaud 1877
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References
  1. The Paleobiology Database
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