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Pygopistes rudistarum

Echinoidea - Nucleolitidae

Taxonomy
Botriopygus rudistarum was named by Hawkins (1923). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pygopistes rudistarum by Donovan (1993).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Botriopygus rudistarum Hawkins pp. 213-214 figs. pl. 9, figs. 7-9
1993Pygopistes rudistarum Donovan p. 99

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
familyNucleolitidae
genusPygopistesPomel
speciesrudistarum(Hawkins 1923)

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.

†Pygopistes rudistarum Hawkins 1923
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0Jamaica Pygopistes rudistarum (73169)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Jamaica Pygopistes rudistarum (73168)