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Globator aegyptiaca

Echinoidea - Echinoneoida - Conulidae

Taxonomy
Globator aegyptiaca was named by El Qot (2021). Its type specimen is BU.TK.E99 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gebel El Tourkumanyia, bed 50, which is in an Albian carbonate marl in the Halal Formation of Egypt.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. orientalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Globator aegyptiaca El Qot p. 19 figs. 8A1-A4, B, C1-C3

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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
speciesaegyptiaca

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 aegyptiaca El Qot 2021
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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: Middle Albian or 109.00000 to 105.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Albian109.0 - 105.3Egypt Globator aegyptiaca (type locality: 191703)