Echinoidea - Echinoneoida - Conulidae
Full reference: L. Agassiz. 1840. Catalogus systematicus Ectyporum Echinodermatum fossilium Musei Neocomiensis, secundum ordinem zoologicum dispositus; adjectis synonymis recentioribus, nec non stratis et locis in quibus reperiuntur. Sequuntur characteres diagnostici generum novorum vel minus cognitorum. Petitpierre, Neuchâtel 1-20
Parent taxon: Conulidae according to A. B. Smith 1995
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Wagner and Durham 1966
Sister taxa: Conulus, Galeraster, Pygopyrina
Subtaxa: Globator aegyptiaca Globator bleicheri Globator vaughani
Ecology: epifaunal grazer-deposit feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Egypt (1 collection), France (5), Iran (1), Oman (7), Spain (13), the United Arab Emirates (1), United States (2: Texas)
Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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