Tripneustes
| Tripneustes Temporal range: Miocene to Recent |
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| Tripneustes ventricosus | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Temnopleuroida |
| Family: | Toxopneustidae |
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Tripneustes L. Agassiz, 1841b |
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Tripneustes, is a genus of sea urchins belonging to the family Toxopneustidae.
This genus contains many extinct species, such as:
These sea urchins have been recorded as fossils from Miocene to Recent (from 15.97 to 0.0 Ma). Fossils have been found in the sediments of Southern Europe, Mediterranean and North Africa, Caribbean, Western coast of America and throughout the Indo-Pacific.
Fossile de Tripneustes parkinsoni (Burdigalian, MHNT).
Several Tripneustes in seagrass, Grahams Harbour, San Salvador Island, Bahamas
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