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Pseudopygaulus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	7767105	https://www.gbif.org/species/7767105
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	33243	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=33243

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Clypeasteroida : Plesiolampadidae : Pseudopygaulus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Cassiduloida : Neolampadidae : Pseudopygaulus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Triploblastica	Lankester 1877
-	Nephrozoa	Jondelius et al. 2002
-	Deuterostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ambulacraria
phylum	Echinodermata	Klein 1754
subphylum	Echinozoa	von Zittel 1895
class	Echinoidea
subclass	Euechinoidea	Bronn 1860
superorder	Acroechinoidea
-	Carinacea	Kroh and Smith 2010
-	Irregularia
-	Microstomata	Smith 1984
-	Neognathostomata	Smith 1981
order	Cassiduloida	Agassiz and Desor 1847
suborder	Neolampadina	Philip 1963
family	Neolampadidae	Lambert 1918
genus	Pseudopygaulus	Coquand 1862

Scientific Name

Pseudopygaulus Coquand, 1862

Name Published In

Mém. Soc. Emul. Provence, 2, Atl., explan. pl

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pseudopygaulus	genus	belongs to Pliolampadidae	stated without evidence	Kier, 1962
Pseudopygaulus	genus	belongs to Cassiduloida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene

Last Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 5.3 Ma
Miocene

Environment

marine (based on Echinodermata)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Neolampadina)

Vision

limited (based on Echinoidea)

Diet

detritivore (based on Neolampadina)

Reproduction

dispersal=water,planktonic (based on Echinodermata)

Ontogeny

accretion,addition of parts (based on Echinodermata)

Taphonomy

high Mg calcite (based on Cassiduloida)

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)
Pseudopygaulus excentricus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudopygaulus malavoyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudopygaulus romani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudopygaulus trigeri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Ottiliaster Penecke, 1885	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Echinodermata : Echinoidea : Clypeasteroida : Plesiolampadidae : *Ottiliaster*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1882	Eolampas Duncan and Sladen p. 61
1962	Pseudopygaulus Kier p. 219
1966	Pseudopygaulus Kier p. U519
2002	Pseudopygaulus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Kier P. M. (1962) Revision of the cassiduloid echinoids, Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 144 3, 1-262

Kier P. M. (1966) Cassiduloids, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology, Part U. Echinodermata. 3 (2). Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Boulder and Lawrence, U492-U523

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Nov 2016). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Smith, A. B. & Kroh, A. (eds.). (2011). The Echinoid Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication. - via World Register of Marine Species

Mém. Soc. Emul. Provence, 2, Atl., explan. pl - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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!

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