Prosostoma

Prosostoma Temporal range: Eocene, 55.8–33.9Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N [1]
Fossil of Prosostoma jimenoi from Cuba, on display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Echinoidea
Superorder:	Atelostomata
Order:	Spatangoida
Family:	Asterostomatidae
Genus:	Prosostoma Pomel, 1883

Prosostoma is an extinct genus of sea urchins belonging to the family Asterostomatidae.

These slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivores lived during the Eocene of Cuba, from 55.8 to 33.9 Ma. ^[1][2]

Species

• Prosostoma jimenoi Cotteau 1870 ^[1]

References

• Natural History Museum