Phylum Echinodermata, Class Echinoidea (Hemipneustes striato-radiatus)

Cretaceous.  Echinodermata were exclusively marine bottom-dwelling invertebrates having external skeletons of calcareous plates just beneath the skin. Hemipneustes is an extinct genus of sea urchins that lived during the Upper Cretaceous period.
Abstract/Description: Cretaceous. Echinodermata were exclusively marine bottom-dwelling invertebrates having external skeletons of calcareous plates just beneath the skin. Hemipneustes is an extinct genus of sea urchins that lived during the Upper Cretaceous period.
Subject(s): Gulpen, Netherlands
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