†Astropygaulus Checchia-Rispoli 1945 (sea urchin)
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Full reference: G. Checchia-Rispoli. 1945. Di due nuovi generi di Echinidi del Cretaceo della Somalia. Bollettino del R. Ufficio Geologico d’Italia 68:81-90
Parent taxon: Cassiduloida according to P. M. Kier 1966
See also Kier 1962 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bothryopneutes, Calilampus, Cassidulina, Centropygus, Claviaster, Clypeanthus, Conoclypeus, Echinanthus, Eogaleropygus, Gitolampas, Harduinia, Laticlypus, Lovenilampas, Neolampadina, Ovulechinus, Platypygus, Procassidulus, Pygurostoma, Stegopygus
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Astropygaulus in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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