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Conoclypeidae

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Conoclypeidae

Taxonomy
Conoclypidae was named by von Zittel (1879). Its type is Conoclypus.

It was corrected as Conoclypeidae by Kroh and Smith (2010).

It was assigned to Conoclypina by Wagner and Durham (1966); and to Clypeasteroida by Kroh and Smith (2010).

Subtaxa
Conoclypus (type genus), Oviclypeus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Conoclypidae von Zittel p. 515
1966Conoclypidae Wagner and Durham p. U447
2010Conoclypeidae Kroh and Smith p. 171

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Microstomata
Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
familyConoclypeidae()
familyConoclypeidae()

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.

Fm. †Conoclypeidae von Zittel 1879
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G. †Conoclypus Agassiz 1839
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 18:19:59
Modified: 2009-10-08 15:05:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Langhian or 48.07000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Croatia Conoclypus conoideus (167486)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) Conoclypus subcylindricus (10963)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Austria Conoclypus sp. (55394)