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Globator vaughani

Echinoidea - Echinoneoida - Conulidae

Taxonomy
Globator vaughani was named by Cooke (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 108375 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 1771, Carbonville, which is in a Campanian/Campanian carbonate limestone in the Anacacho Limestone Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Globator vaughani Cooke p. 12 figs. Pl 4, figs 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
orderEchinoneoida()
superfamilyConulidea
familyConulidae()
genusGlobator
speciesvaughani

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Globator vaughani Cooke 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Diet: grazerc
Diet 2: deposit feederc
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 12:05:24
Modified: 2010-02-12 04:00:29
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Middle Campanian or 83.50000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Globator vaughani (type locality: 78105 197062)