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Galeropygus dumortieri Talbot Paris, 1908

Distribution	Cephalopod Bed, levesquei Zone, Toarcian of Gloucestershire, England
Type	Holotype: NHM E19867
Classification and/or Status	Subjective junior synonym of Galeropygus sublaevis (M'Coy, 1848)
Remarks	See revision by Barras (2006).  Differs from the type of Galeropygus sublaevis only in having a slightly asymmetrical peristome.  There are no other specimens to determine whether this is a consistent difference, and Barras (2006) treated the two as synonymous. Barras, C. G. 2006. British Jurassic Regular echinoids. Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society, London 625 (part of volume 159 for 2005), 168 pp., 14 pls. Talbot Paris, E. 1908. Notes on some echinoids from the Lias of Worcestershire, Gloucestershire and Somerset. Proceedinfs of the Cotteswold Naturalists' Field Club 16, 143-150.