Tripneustes parkinsoni Temporal range: Miocene |
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Tripneustes parkinsoni from Miocene of France (20 Ma) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Echinoidea |
Order: | Temnopleuroida |
Family: | Toxopneustidae |
Genus: | Tripneustes |
Species: | †T. parkinsoni |
Binomial name | |
†Tripneustes parkinsoni Agassiz in Agassiz & Desor 1846 |
Tripneustes parkinsoni is a species of sea urchins belonging to the family Toxopneustidae. These sea urchins have been recorded as fossils on the Miocene of southern France (abt. 20 Ma).