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Conulidae

Echinoidea - Echinoneoida - Conulidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Conulidae Grant and Hertlein p. 106
1966Conulidae Wagner and Durham p. U445
1995Conulidae Smith p. 185
2010Conulidae 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()
orderEchinoneoida()
superfamilyConulidea
familyConulidae()
familyConulidae()

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. †Conulidae Lambert 1911
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G. †Conulus Leske 1778
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Subg. †Conulus (Conulopyrina) Hawkins 1921
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Subg. †Conulus (Conulus) Leske 1778
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†Conulus antillensis Cotteau 1881
†Conulus douvillei Cotteau and Gauthier 1895
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Invalid names: Pyrina mortenseni Checchia-Rispoli 1932 [synonym]
†Conulus elongatus Roemer 1865
†Conulus raulini d'Orbigny 1856
†Conulus stephensoni Cooke 1953
G. †Globator Agassiz 1840
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†Globator aegyptiaca El Qot 2021
†Globator bleicheri Gauthier 1889
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Invalid names: Pyrina orientalis Cotteau and Gauthier 1895 [synonym], Pyrina zumoffeni de Loriol 1897 [synonym]
†Globator vaughani Cooke 1953
G. †Pygopyrina Pomel 1883
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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Berriasian to the top of the Lutetian or 139.10000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (88 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cretaceous143.1 - 66.0Cuba Conulus antillensis (91138)
Late/Upper Berriasian139.1 - 137.05Spain (La Rioja) Globator maillardii (224944)
Late/Upper Berriasian - Hauterivian139.1 - 125.77Spain (Aragon) Globator maillardii (232344)
Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Portugal Pygopyrina incisa (65702 65705)
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Portugal Pygopyrina incisa (65753 65767 65853 73136 73334)
Early/Lower Barremian - Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Globator maillardii (228969)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Cuenca) Globator maillardii (61889)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4Spain (Castilla-La Mancha) Globator maillardii (166749 166750 166751)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Egypt Conulus incertus (220853)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2Hungary Conulus soubellensis, Conulus tataensis (66026)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Egypt Conulus vionneti (220856)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Mexico (Baja California) Pygopyrina sp. (1878)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1United Kingdom (England) Conulopyrina anomala (1864)
Early/Lower Albian - Late/Upper Albian113.2 - 100.5France Conulus castaneus (57922 58861)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3Egypt Globator aegyptiaca (191703)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3France Conulus castaneus (233804 233805)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5France Conulus castaneus (56523 56552 56678 56848 58126 58246 58431)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Italy Conulus castaneus (12838)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Spain Conulus castanea (3824)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Late/Upper Albian100.5 - 100.5Spain Conulus castanea, Globator sp. (3832)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France Conulus sp. (82842)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Conulus castanea (59711)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt Conulus carcharias (191717)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Conulus castanea (82857)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Serbia Pygopyrina desmoulinsii (164671)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom Conulus castanea (59712)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Poland (Malopolska) Conulus subrotundus, Conulus ellipticus (72023)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8United Kingdom Conulus subrotondus, Conulus castanea (59713)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany Conulus subrotundus (228230)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8France (Landes) Globator ovulum (213765 213768)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7France Globator sp. (3735)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6Spain Globator ovulum (66970)
Middle Santonian85.7 - 83.6Germany Conulus elongatus, Conulus raulini (178204)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6Spain Globator ovulum (66979 66983)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Texas) Conulus stephensoni (78106 78107 197063 197064 197065)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6France Globator ovulum (3780) Globator sp. (3737)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Germany (Niedersachsen) Conulus matesovi (31992)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2France Conulus albogalerus (58924)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Globator vaughani (78105 197062)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Spain Conulus haugi, Conulus sp., Globator petrocoriensis (67002)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Oman Globator sp. (67455)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2Oman Conulus triadis (161070)
Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Oman Globator sp. (151655)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Oman Globator sp. (151653)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Spain Globator orientalis (3772)
Late/Upper Campanian - Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0United Arab Emirates Globator sp. (67456)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Conulus magnificus (32022)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Conulus gigas (67004)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Kazakhstan Conulus magnificus (48022)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Türkiye Conulus douvillei (34586 34587)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain Pygopyrina darderi (74557)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Spain (Santander) Conulus gigas (157006 157007 157008 157009 157010 157014)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Iran Pyrina orientalis (87113)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Oman Globator sp. (151617 151618 151619 151656)
Danian66.0 - 61.66France Pygopyrina houzeauti (20816)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Türkiye Galeraster terkosensis (40793)