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Pygurus (Pygurus)

Echinoidea - Clypeidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Pygurus (Pygurus) Agassiz
1962Pygurus (Pygurus) Kier p. 45
1966Pygurus (Pygurus) Kier p. U499
1985Pygurus (Pygurus) Larrain and Biró-Bagóczky p. 1410

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
familyClypeidae
genusPygurus
subgenusPygurusAgassiz 1839

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subg. †Pygurus (Pygurus) Agassiz 1839
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†Pygurus (Pygurus) andinus Larrain and Biró-Bagóczky 1985
†Pygurus (Pygurus) lampas de la Beche 1833
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Diet 2: deposit feederc
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 12:05:24
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Tithonian to the top of the Cenomanian or 150.80000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Chile Pygurus andinus (90556)
Berriasian145.0 - 139.8Saudi Arabia Pygurus yamamaensis (195507)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Saudi Arabia Pygurus yamamaensis (195494 195508)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Portugal Pygurus montmollini (65674)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Saudi Arabia Pygurus yamamaensis (195509)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Switzerland Pygurus montmollini (2198)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Switzerland Pygurus montmollini (2196)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0France Pygurus montmollini (2212)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Egypt Pygurus subproductus (220858)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Egypt Pygurus subproductus (140611)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Egypt Pygurus subproductus (150874)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Arab Emirates Pygurus subproductus (3792)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France Pygurus lampas (59809)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5France (Poitou-Charentes) Pygurus lampas (73862)