†Tetrapygus Agassiz 1841 (sea urchin)
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Parent taxon: Arbacioida according to A. B. Smith and C. W. Wright 1993
See also Fell and Pawson 1966 and Grant and Hertlein 1938
Sister taxa: Acropeltidae, Arbaciidae, Arbacioina, Dialithocidaris, Glypticidae, Goniopygidae, Pygmaeocidaris, Salenioina
Subtaxa: Tetrapygus niger
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer
Distribution: found only at Caleta Patillos (Quaternary of Chile)
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