# Pygurus

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{{Short description|Genus of sea urchins}}
{{Taxobox
| fossil_range = {{fossilrange|164.7|94.3|[Jurassic](/source/Jurassic) – [Cretaceous](/source/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](/source/Senckenberg_Museum)
| regnum = [Animalia](/source/Animalia)
| phylum = [Echinodermata](/source/Echinodermata)
| classis = [Echinoidea](/source/Echinoidea)
| ordo = 
| familia = 
| genus ='''''Pygurus'''''†
| genus_authority = [Agassiz](/source/Louis_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 urchin](/source/sea_urchin)s.

==Fossil record==
This genus is known in the fossil record from the [Jurassic](/source/Jurassic) ([Bajocian](/source/Bajocian) age)  to [Cretaceous](/source/Cretaceous) [Santonian](/source/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](/source/Egypt), [France](/source/France), [Portugal](/source/Portugal), [Saudi Arabia](/source/Saudi_Arabia), [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland), [Ukraine](/source/Ukraine), the [United Arab Emirates](/source/United_Arab_Emirates), [Chile](/source/Chile), [Germany](/source/Germany), [India](/source/India), [Madagascar](/source/Madagascar), [Poland](/source/Poland), [Saudi Arabia](/source/Saudi_Arabia), [Tunisia](/source/Tunisia) and [United States](/source/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

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