Pygurus

Pygurus; Temporal range: Jurassic – Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil of Pygurus tenuis on display at Senckenberg Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Echinoidea
Order:	Clypeasteroida
Family:	Clypeidae †
Genus:	Pygurus†; Agassiz, 1839
Synonyms
	Kieripygurus Vadet, 1997; Pseudopygurus Lambert, 1911; Echinopygus d'Orbigny 1856;

Pygurus is an extinct genus of sea urchins belonging to the family Clypeidae.

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. ^[1]^[2]

Species within this genus include: ^[1]^[4]

Pygurus Temporal range: Jurassic – Cretaceous PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N ^[1]^[2]

Fossil of Pygurus tenuis on display at Senckenberg Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Echinoidea
Order:	Clypeasteroida
Family:	Clypeidae †
Genus:	Pygurus† Agassiz, 1839
Synonyms^[3]
Kieripygurus Vadet, 1997 Pseudopygurus Lambert, 1911 Echinopygus d'Orbigny 1856^[1]