Melonites (Echinoid)
| Melonites Temporal range: [1] | |
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| Melonites multiporus fossil from St Louis, Missouri | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Palaechinoidea |
| Family: | Palaechinidae |
| Genus: | Melonites Norwood & Owen, 1846 |
Melonites is genus of echinoid from Palaechinidae family. Species belonging to this genus lived in late Mississippian (Meramecian). Same generic name is used for genus of an goniatite - Melonites.
References
- ↑ "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". Retrieved 15 October 2015.
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