Echinoidea - Irregularia - Clypeidae
Full reference: A. P. Larrain and L. Biró-Bagóczky. 1985. New Pygurus (Echinodermata: Echinoidea) from the Tithonian of central Chile: first record from the Jurassic of the southern hemisphere. Journal of Paleontology 59(6):1409-1413
Belongs to Pygurus (Pygurus) according to A. P. Larrain and L. Biró-Bagóczky 1985
Sister taxa: Pygurus (Pygurus) lampas, Pygurus (Pygurus) montmollini, Pygurus (Pygurus) subproductus, Pygurus (Pygurus) yamamaensis
Type specimen: CPUC-RM./85-5, a test. Its type locality is Cajón el Fierro Bed 85, which is in a Tithonian marine sandstone in the Baños del Flaco Formation of Chile.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution: found only at Cajón el Fierro Bed 85
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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