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Colliclypeus nettoanus

Echinoidea - Clypeidae

Taxonomy
Conoclypeus nettoanus was named by White (1887). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lastro, perto de Maroim, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Riacheulo Formation of Brazil. It is the type species of Colliclypeus.

It was recombined as Colliclypeus nettoanus by Smith (1991).

Synonyms
  • Catopygus aequalis was named by White (1887). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lastro, perto de Maroim, which is in an Albian carbonate limestone in the Riacheulo Formation of Brazil.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Colliclypeus nettoanus by Smith (1991).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Conoclypeus nettoanus White p. 257 figs. pl. 27, figs. 1, 3
1887Catopygus aequalis White p. 260 figs. pl. 28, figs. 5, 6
1936Conoclypeus nettoanus Maury p. 274
1936Catopygus aequalis Maury p. 276
1991Colliclypeus nettoanus Smith p. 38 figs. Pl 9A-I; text-fig 29,30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
familyClypeidae
genusColliclypeus
speciesnettoanus(White 1887)

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.

†Colliclypeus nettoanus White 1887
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Invalid names: Catopygus aequalis White 1887 [synonym]
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: Late/Upper Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Brazil (Sergipe) Conoclypeus nettoanus, Catopygus aequalis (type locality: 87857)