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Pygaster ✝
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Pygasteridae : Pygaster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Pygasteridae : Pygaster | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Pygaster L.Agassiz, 1836 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Agassiz, L. 1835. Notice sur les fossiles Crétacés du Jura Neuchâtelois. Mémoires de la Société des Sciences Naturelles de Neuchâtel 1, 126-145. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 166 - 164 Ma Middle Jurassic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 99.6 - 93.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | marine (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Echinoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Echinoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | grazer, deposit feeder (based on Echinoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reproduction | dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ontogeny | accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | high Mg calcite (based on Echinoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Pygaster daguini species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pygaster frigeri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pygaster gauthieri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pygaster gerthi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pygaster inflatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pygaster joleaudi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pygaster lafanoides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pygaster langanoides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pygaster lourdinensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pygaster microstoma species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pygaster pateliformis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pygaster peroni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pygaster reynesi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pygaster semisulcatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pygaster truncatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pygaster umbrella ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | 166 Ma Middle Jurassic | |
| Pygaster welschi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Macropygus Pomel, 1883 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Pygasteridae : Macropygus |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1966 | Pygaster Fell p. U365 |
| 2002 | Pygaster Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
