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Clypeidae

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Clypeidae
Temporal range: JurassicCretaceous [1]
Fossil of Pygurus tenuis on display at Senckenberg Museum
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Clypeidae

Lambert 1898

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

Fossil record

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

Genera within this family include: [1]

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