Biology:Clypeidae

Clypeidae; Temporal range: Jurassic – Cretaceous PreЄ Є 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 †; Lambert, 1898

Short description: Family of sea urchins

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 within this family include:^[1]

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Clypeidae Temporal range: Jurassic – Cretaceous PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N ^[1]

Fossil of Pygurus tenuis on display at Senckenberg Museum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Echinoidea
Order:	Clypeasteroida
Family:	Clypeidae † Lambert, 1898