{{Short description|Genus of sea urchins}} {{Taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossilrange|164.7|94.3|Jurassic – Cretaceous}}<ref name="TPBDB">[http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_name=Pygurus The Paleobiology Database]</ref><ref name=sepk> Sepkoski, Jack [http://strata.geology.wisc.edu/jack/showgenera.php?taxon=413&rank=phylum Sepkoski's Online Genus Database]</ref> | name = ''Pygurus'' | image = Clypeidae - Pygurus tenuis.jpg | image_caption = Fossil of ''Pygurus tenuis'' on display at Senckenberg Museum | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Echinodermata | classis = Echinoidea | ordo = | familia = | genus ='''''Pygurus'''''† | genus_authority = Agassiz, 1839 | synonyms_ref =<ref>[https://www.mineralienatlas.de/lexikon/index.php/FossilData?fossil=Pygurus Mineralienatlas - Fossilienatlas]</ref> | synonyms = *''Kieripygurus'' Vadet, 1997 *''Pseudopygurus'' Lambert, 1911 *''Echinopygus'' d'Orbigny 1856<ref name="TPBDB"/> }}
'''''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. <ref name="TPBDB"/><ref name=sepk/>
==Species== Species within this genus include: <ref name="TPBDB"/><ref>[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=151095 Fossilworks] </ref> *''Pygurus andinus'' Larrain and Biró-Bagóczky 1985 *''Pygurus asiaticus'' Tokunaga 1903 *''Pygurus complanatus'' Tanaka 1965 *''Pygurus lampas'' de la Beche 1833 *''Pygurus montmollini'' Agassiz 1836 *''Pygurus noetlingi'' De Loriol 1899 *''Pygurus tenuis'' Agassiz & Desor, 1847 <ref>[http://www.fpju.ch/index.php/en/component/k2/item/2813-pygurus-tenuis-fpj-23838 Fondation paleontologique jurassienne] </ref> *''Pygurus yamamaensis'' Kier 1972
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Category:Sea urchins Category:Prehistoric echinoderm genera Category:Jurassic first appearances Category:Cretaceous extinctions Category:Cretaceous echinoderms