†Pygopistes Pomel (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Irregularia - Nucleolitidae
Parent taxon: Nucleolitidae according to S. K. Donovan 1993
See also Kier 1962, Kier 1966, Parma and CasadÃo 2005 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Clypeopygus, Hemicara, Heteronucleus, Hypopygurus, Nucleolites, Oolopygus, Phyllobrissus, Plagiochasma, Pseudonucleus, Pseudosorella, Pygaulus, Pygorhynchus
Subtaxa: Pygopistes coquandi Pygopistes parrasae Pygopistes rudistarum
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Argentina (2 collections)
• Cretaceous of Jamaica (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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