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| Fossil of Conoclypus conoideus at the Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Frankfurt | |
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| Genus: | Conoclypus Agassiz 1839 |
Conoclypus - from the Greek words Konos (= cone) + clypus (= disc) - is a genus of sea urchins belonging to the family Conoclypeidae.
These fossil echinoderms are characterized by a conical calcareous structure. They were slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore, living in the late Eocene until the Miocene.
Species of this genus have been found in Miocene of Austria and in Eocene of Germany, Italy, Slovenia and Pakistan.
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