Conoclypus

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Conoclypus
Fossil of Conoclypus conoideus at the Naturmuseum Senckenberg, Frankfurt
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Clypeasteroida
Family: Conoclypeidae
Genus: Conoclypus
L. Agassiz, 1839

Conoclypus - from the Greek words Konos (= cone) + clypus (= disc) - is a genus of sea urchins belonging to the family Conoclypeidae.[1]

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.

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