†subfamily Pygorhytinae Lambert 1909 (sea urchin)

Echinoidea - Irregularia - Disasteridae

Alternative spelling: Pygorhytidae

Full reference: J. Lambert. 1909. Note sur un échinide du massif du Pelvoux. Travaux du Laboratoire de Géologie de la Faculté des Sciences de l’Université de Grenoble 9:284-292

Parent taxon: Disasteridae according to W. Jesionek-Szymanska 1963

Sister taxa: Acrolusia, Cardiolampas, Collyropsis, Corthya, Dialyaster, Disaster, Disasterinae, Oustechinus

Subtaxa: Collyrites

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Type: Pygorhytis

Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Morocco (1), Switzerland (3), Yemen (1)

• Jurassic of Algeria (1), Armenia (1), France (9), India (1), Iran (2), Poland (2), Spain (2), Yemen (1)

Total: 25 collections including 27 occurrences

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