Conulus
| Conulus Temporal range: Cretaceous
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Echinoneoida |
| Family: | †Conulidae |
| Genus: | †Conulus Leske, 1778 |
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Conulus is an extinct genus of echinoids (sea urchins) that lived in the Cretaceous. Remains of Conulus species have been found in Asia, Europe, and North America.
Species
[edit]The following species are recognised in the genus Conulus:[1]
- †Conulus angulatus Tzankov, 1982
- †Conulus azerbaidjanensis Melikov
- †Conulus campaniformis Melikov & Endel'man, 1963
- †Conulus castaneus (Brongniart, 1822)
- †Conulus chiapasensis Lambert, 1936
- †Conulus chiesai Airaghi, 1939
- †Conulus cookei Buitrón, 1974
- †Conulus cubensis Sánchez Roig, 1949
- †Conulus djanelidzei Gongadze, 1972
- †Conulus grauensis Currie, 1943
- †Conulus isopyramidatus Melikov
- †Conulus kubatliensis Melikov in Halilov & Melikov, 1988
- †Conulus lamberti Buitrón, 1974
- †Conulus matesovi Moskvin & Poslavskaya, 1959
- †Conulus mixtus (Defrance, 1820)
- †Conulus mullerriedi Lambert, 1935
- †Conulus parravanoi Checchia-Rispoli, 1932
- †Conulus praenuntius Carter, 1928
- †Conulus rothomagensis (Sismonda, 1844)
- †Conulus sanfilippoi Checchia-Rispoli, 1930
- †Conulus sinensis Mu & Wu, 1976
- †Conulus stephensoni Cooke, 1953
- †Conulus subpyramidatus Melikov
- †Conulus subrotundus Mantell, 1822
- †Conulus tradis Lees, 1928
- †Conulus zinai Airaghi, 1939
References
[edit]- ^ "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Conulus Leske, 1778†". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
- David Ward, Fossils, Smithsonian Handbooks, p. 180
- Conulus, Paleobiology Database, accessed 24 January 2011
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