Pygurus

Pygurus
Temporal range: Jurassic – Cretaceous
Fossil of Pygurus tenuis on display at Senckenberg Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Echinoidea
Genus:
Pygurus†

Agassiz, 1839
Synonyms
  • Kieripygurus Vadet, 1997
  • Pseudopygurus Lambert, 1911
  • Echinopygus d'Orbigny 1856

Pygurus is an extinct genus of sea urchins.

Fossil record

This genus is known in the fossil record from the Jurassic (Bajocian age) to Cretaceous Santonian age) (age range: from about 164.7 to 94.3 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in Egypt, France, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Switzerland, Ukraine, the United Arab Emirates, Chile, Germany, India, Madagascar, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia and United States.

Species

Species within this genus include:

References