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Parapygus

Echinoidea - Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae

Taxonomy
Parapygus is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Pseudocatopygus Cotteau and Gauthier
1955Rostropygus Szörényi
1962Parapygus Kier p. 99
1966Parapygus Kier p. U508
1991Parapygus Smith p. 48
2002Parapygus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderEchinolampadoida
familyEchinolampadidae
genusParapygus

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. †Parapygus
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Parapygus cotteauanus d'Orbigny 1856
Parapygus longior Cotteau and Gauthier 1895
Invalid names: Pseudocatopygus Cotteau and Gauthier 1895 [synonym], Rostropygus Szörényi 1955 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available