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Conulus stephensoni

Echinoidea - Echinoneoida - Conulidae

Taxonomy
Conulus stephensoni was named by Cooke (1953). Its type specimen is USNM 108373 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 15626, Medio Creek Valley, which is in a Santonian carbonate chalk in the Austin Chalk Formation of Texas.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. soubellensis, C. tataensis, C. triadis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Conulus stephensoni Cooke p. 11 figs. Pl 3, figs 8-13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
RankNameAuthor
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
orderEchinoneoida()
superfamilyConulidea
familyConulidae()
genusConulus
speciesstephensoni

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.

†Conulus stephensoni Cooke 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available