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Pygaulus

Echinoidea - Nucleolitidae

Taxonomy
Pygaulus 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
P. desmoulinsii

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