†Clypeopygus (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Irregularia - Nucleolitidae
Parent taxon: Nucleolitidae according to P. M. Kier 1966
See also Kier 1962 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Hemicara, Heteronucleus, Hypopygurus, Nucleolites, Oolopygus, Phyllobrissus, Plagiochasma, Pseudonucleus, Pseudosorella, Pygaulus, Pygopistes, Pygorhynchus
Subtaxa: Clypeopygus paultrei
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (13 collections), Israel (1), Mozambique (1), Switzerland (1)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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