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Nucleopygus

Echinoidea - Cassiduloida - Cassidulidae

Taxonomy
Nucleopygus was named by Agassiz (1840) [Sepkoski's age data: K Nc T Mi Sepkoski's reference number: 577].

It was assigned to Nucleolitidae by Smith (1991); to Cassidulidae by Kier (1962), Kier (1966) and Smith (1995); and to Cassiduloida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Nucleopygus Agassiz p. 7
1962Nucleopygus Kier p. 164
1966Nucleopygus Kier p. U514
1991Nucleopygus Smith p. 40
1995Nucleopygus Smith p. 216
2002Nucleopygus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderCassiduloida
suborderCassidulina
familyCassidulidae
genusNucleopygus

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. †Nucleopygus Agassiz 1840
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Subg. †Nucleopygus (Jolyclypus) Lambert 1918
Nucleopygus magnus Smith 1995
Nucleopygus minor Desor 1842
Nucleopygus pullatus Smith and Jeffery 2000
Nucleopygus scrobiculatus Goldufss 1826
Nucleopygus similis d'Orbigny 1856
Nucleopygus texanus Clark 1891
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available