†Parapygus (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Echinolampadoida - Echinolampadidae
Synonyms: Pseudocatopygus Cotteau and Gauthier 1895, Rostropygus Szörényi 1955
Parent taxon: Echinolampadidae according to A. B. Smith 1991
See also Kier 1962, Kier 1966 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arnaudaster, Echinolampas, Plesiolampas
Subtaxa: Parapygus cotteauanus Parapygus longior Pseudocatopygus sanfilippoi
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (2 collections), France (1), Iraq (1), Oman (1), Spain (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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