Melonites Temporal range: |
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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.