†Pygopistes parrasae Parma and Casadío 2005 (sea urchin)
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Echinoidea - Irregularia - Nucleolitidae
Full reference: S. G. Parma and S. Casadío. 2005. Upper Cretaceous-Paleocene Echinoids from Northern Patagonia, Argentina. Journal of Paleontology 79(6):1072-1087
Belongs to Pygopistes according to S. G. Parma and S. Casadío 2005
Sister taxa: Pygopistes coquandi, Pygopistes rudistarum
Type specimen: PMOZ4087, an exoskeleton. Its type locality is General Roca, which is in a Danian deep subtidal ramp marl in the Roca Formation of Argentina.
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Paleocene of Argentina (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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