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Holectypus
Temporal range: 170.3–89.8 Ma Bajocian to Turonian
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Holectypoida
Family: Holectypidae
Genus: Holectypus
Desor, 1842

Holectypus is an extinct genus of sea urchin. It lived from the Jurassic to the Cretaceous.[1] Fossils have been found all around the world.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Clark, William Bullock; Clark, William Bullock; Twitchell, M. W. (1915). The Mesozoic and Cenozoic Echinodermata of the United States. Washington: Govt. print. off.
  2. ^ Holectypus in the Paleobiology Database