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Glyphocyphidae
Glyphocyphidae
is an
extinct
family
of
sea urchins
in the
class
Echinoidea
.
These slow-moving
low-level
epifaunal
grazers
lived
from the
Cretaceous
to the
Paleogene
periods
.
Genera
Ambipleurus
Lambert
,
1932
Arachniopleurus
Duncan
&
Sladen
,
1882
Dictyopleurus
Duncan & Sladen, 1882
Echinopsis
Glyphocyphus
Hemidiadema
Rachiosoma
Rhabdopleurus
Cotteau
,
1893