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Conoclypeus

Echinoidea - Cassiduloida

Taxonomy
Conoclypeus was named by Davies.

It was considered a nomen nudum by Wagner and Durham (1966).

It was assigned to Echinodermata by Gill (1953); and to Cassiduloida by Kiessling (2003).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Conoclypeus Gill
2003Conoclypeus Kiessling

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

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.

G. †Conoclypeus Davies
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
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 17:48:53
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:57:31
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Priabonian or 56.00000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France C. pyrenaicus (59788)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan C. pilgrimi, C. pinfoldi (47022)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Egypt C. delanouei (41901)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Egypt C. sp. (96952)