†Pygaulus (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: Clypeopygus, Hemicara, Heteronucleus, Hypopygurus, Nucleolites, Oolopygus, Phyllobrissus, Plagiochasma, Pseudonucleus, Pseudosorella, Pygopistes, Pygorhynchus
Subtaxa: Pygaulus desmoulinsii
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (10 collections), Kyrgyzstan (2), Switzerland (7)
Total: 19 collections including 23 occurrences
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