Glyphocyphidae

Glyphocyphidae

[‚glif·ō′sīf·ə‚dē]

(paleontology)

A family of extinct echinoderms in the order Temnopleuroida comprising small forms with a sculptured test, perforate crenulate tubercles, and diademoid ambulacral plates.

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