Melonites (Echinoid)

Melonites
Temporal range: [1]
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

  1. "Global Biodiversity Information Facility". Retrieved 15 October 2015.


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