Glyphocyphidae

Glyphocyphidae Temporal range: Cretaceous–Paleogene PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ^[1]

Echinopsis from Sudan, perforated specimen to be threaded. On display at Galerie de paléontologie et d'anatomie comparée in Paris
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Echinoidea
Superorder:	Echinacea
Order:	Camarodonta
Family:	Glyphocyphidae P. M. Duncan 1889

Glyphocyphidae is an extinct family of sea urchins in the class Echinoidea.

These slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazers lived from the Cretaceous to the Paleogene periods (136.4 to 48.6 Ma). ^[1]

Genera

Ambipleurus Lambert, 1932
Arachniopleurus Duncan & Sladen, 1882
Dictyopleurus Duncan & Sladen, 1882
Echinopsis
Glyphocyphus
Hemidiadema
Rachiosoma
Rhabdopleurus Cotteau, 1893

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References

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