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Pygurus (Pygurus) andinus

Echinoidea - Clypeidae

Taxonomy
Pygurus (Pygurus) andinus was named by Larrain and Biró-Bagóczky (1985). Its type specimen is CPUC-RM./85-5, a test, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cajón el Fierro Bed 85, which is in a Tithonian marine sandstone in the Baños del Flaco Formation of Chile.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Pygurus (Pygurus) andinus Larrain and Biró-Bagóczky p. 1410

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

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Pygurus (Pygurus) andinus Larrain and Biró-Bagóczky 1985
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Diagnosis
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