Holasteridae

Holasteridae is an extinct family of sea urchins.

Holasteridae
Temporal range: Cretaceous [1]
Fossil of Hemipleustus oculatus from Belgium, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Echinoidea
Superorder:
Atelostomata
Order:
Holasteroida
Family:
Holasteridae

Pictet 1857

These semi-infaunal detritivores lived during the Cretaceous period, from 140.2 to 53.0 Ma.[1]

Genera
  • Aurelianaster
  • Basseaster
  • Cardiaster
  • Cardiotaxis
  • Cibaster
  • Duncaniaster
  • Echinocorys
  • Entomaster
  • Galeaster
  • Ganbirretia
  • Garumnaster
  • Guettaria
  • Hagenowia
  • Hemipneustes
  • Holaster
  • Infulaster
  • Ismidaster
  • Jeronia
  • Lampadaster
  • Lampadocorys
  • Messaoudia
  • Offaster
  • Opisopneustes
  • Paronaster
  • Pseudananchys
  • Pseudholaster
  • Pseudoffaster
  • Pseudoholaster
  • Rispolia
  • Scagliaster
  • Stegaster
  • Sternotaxis
  • Taphraster
  • Tholaster
  • Titanaster
  • Toxopatagus
  • Zumoffenia

[1]

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References
  1. The Paleobiology Database


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