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Pygaulus

Echinoidea - Nucleolitidae

Taxonomy
Pygaulus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Nucleolitidae by Kier (1962), Kier (1966); and to Cassiduloida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Pygaulus Kier p. 79
1966Pygaulus Kier p. U505
2002Pygaulus Sepkoski

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

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.

G. †Pygaulus
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†Pygaulus desmoulinsii Agassiz 1847
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: base of the Valanginian to the top of the Middle Turonian or 137.05000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Switzerland P. matheyi (2217)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2France P. morloti, P. subinferus (2186)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Switzerland P. morloti (2227 2228 2229) P. ovatus, P. sp. (2231) P. subinferus (2188) P. zonatus (2190)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France P. subaequalis (59810 59812 59813 59814 59815)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France P. macropygus (59807) P. macropygus, P. subaequalis (59806)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France P. macropygus, P. subaequalis (59805) P. subaequalis (59804)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Kyrgyzstan (Batken) P. faasi (3805 3808)