Clypeidae

Family of sea urchins

Clypeidae

Temporal range: Jurassic – Cretaceous

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Fossil of Pygurus tenuis on display at Senckenberg Museum
Scientific classification
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Animalia

Phylum:  |

Echinodermata

Class:  |

Echinoidea

Order:  |

Clypeasteroida

Family:  |

Clypeidae †

Lambert, 1898

Clypeidae is a family of sea urchins belonging to the order Clypeasteroida.

## Fossil record

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This family 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, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Kenya, Madagascar, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Tunisia, United Kingdom and United States.[1]

## Genera

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Genera within this family include:[1]

* Astrolampas Pomel 1883
* Clypeus Leske 1778
* Colliclypeus Smith 1991
* Pseudopygurus
* Pygurus Agassiz 1839

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Clypeidae.

1. ^ a b c The Paleobiology Database

Taxon identifiers

Clypeidae|

* Wikidata: Q18920885
* CoL: 7NHZ6
* EoL: 4708853
* GBIF: 3249558
* IRMNG: 111711
* Open Tree of Life: 4950486
* Paleobiology Database: 151094
* WoRMS: 510650