Conulus albogalerus

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Description

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Echinodermata Class: Echinoidea Subclass: Euechinoidea Order: Echinoneoida Family: Galeritidae Genus: Conulus (Leske, 1778) Species: Conulus albogalerus (Leske, 1778) Three dome-shaped specimens with faint ambulacra and prominent interambulacral areas. Well-defined peristome on the oral surface.

Specifications

Object nameConulus albogalerus
IDUNB-2019-0484
Legal statusPermanent collection
CategoryFossil
Classification
Domain:
Eukaryote
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Subphylum:
Echinozoa
Class:
Echinoidea
Subclass:
Euechinoidea
CompositionCalcium carbonate
Age
Eon:
Phanerozoic
Era:
Mesozoic
Period:
Cretaceous
Epoch:
Upper Cretaceous
Age:
Cenomanian to Maastrichtian
Numeric age100.5 - 72.1 Mya
OriginIsle of Wight, England, United Kingdom
Pieces3
PartialNo
Measurements
  • 3.9cm x 4.2cm x 3.8cm
  • 3.3cm x 3.4cm x 3.2cm
  • 3.8cm x 4.1cm x 3.7cm

Map of Origin

Publications

  • N. G. Leske. 1778. Jacobi Theodori Klein naturalis dispositio echinodermatum, edita et descriptionibus novisque inventis et synonomis auctorem aucta. Addimenta ad I. T. Klein naturalem dispositionem Echinodermatum, G. E. Beer, Leipzig