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Hypopygurus

Echinoidea - Nucleolitidae

Taxonomy
Hypopygurus is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Species
H. gaudryi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Hypopygurus Kier p. 87
1966Hypopygurus Kier p. U505
2002Hypopygurus 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
genusHypopygurus

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.

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†Hypopygurus gaudryi Gauthier 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available