{{Short description|Extinct genus of sea urchins}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = Cretaceous-Eocene | image = Phymosoma.jpg | image_caption = ''Phymosoma granulosum'' fossil, Geological museum, Copenhagen | taxon = Phymosoma | authority = Haime in d'Archiac & Haime, 1853 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = }}
'''''Phymosoma''''' is an extinct genus of echinoids that lived from the Cretaceous to the Eocene. Its remains have been found in Asia, Europe, and North America. [[File:Syngnathid and Phymosoma.jpg|thumb|left|Syngnathid and ''Phymosoma granulosum'' fossils at the Geological Museum in Copenhagen]]
==Sources== * ''Fossils'' (Smithsonian Handbooks) by David Ward (Page 179)
==External links== *[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=32977 ''Phymosoma''] in the Paleobiology Database
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Category:Phymosomatoida Category:Prehistoric sea urchin genera Category:Cretaceous echinoderms Category:Paleocene echinoderms Category:Eocene animals Category:Prehistoric animals of Asia Category:Prehistoric animals of Europe Category:Prehistoric echinoderms of North America Category:Cretaceous genus first appearances Category:Maastrichtian genera Category:Danian genera Category:Selandian genera Category:Thanetian genera Category:Ypresian genera Category:Eocene genus extinctions
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